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Buckeye Valley News And Buckeye Review
Buckeye, Maricopa County, Arizona
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US urges Britain to pay Suez Canal tolls for American troops under reverse lend-lease, amid $11M+ costs, while US covers $9M+ for British Panama transits. Britain refuses, citing lend-lease rules and Egyptian currency needs.
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With U. S. troops pouring through the Suez canal en route to the Pacific, and with toll payments already mounting to over $11,000,000, the government again pressed the British to absorb such charges under reverse lend-lease.
In pressing the British, American authorities pointed out that the U. S. defrays the cost of British ships passing through the Panama canal, with such payments already past the $9,000,000 mark.
Because the lend-lease act provides that a country can supply aid from purchases with its own money, the British say they are not obliged to pay the canal tolls, since they must be made in Egyptian currency. As it is, the British declare, they already owe Egypt large sums for wartime purchases.
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Suez Canal
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british refuse to absorb charges, citing lend-lease provisions and egyptian currency requirements; they already owe egypt large sums.
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With U.S. troops passing through the Suez Canal en route to the Pacific and tolls exceeding $11,000,000, the U.S. government pressed Britain to cover costs under reverse lend-lease. U.S. authorities noted they pay over $9,000,000 for British ships through the Panama Canal. Britain argues they are not obliged, as aid can be from own funds and tolls must be in Egyptian currency.