Monday, May. 17, 1943

Ten Billions Worth

The trickle of U.S. Lend-Lease aid which began in March 1941 has swelled into a mighty torrent. Lend-Lease Administrator Edward R. Stettinius Jr. an nounced that in March 1943 Lend-Lease exports reached $708,000,000, highest monthly total to date. Russia now receives 31% of the total aid ("the overwhelming majority of supplies are arriving"), the United Kingdom, 38%. At the end of March, two years after the program be gan, the total value of Lend-Lease aid had reached $10,300,000,000.

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