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Old 29-12-06, 15:24
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Would you like a receipt for that?

I wasn't aware of the 1946 loan to Britain but did discover that, in 1943, Canada made a $1 Billion gift to the UK - this was to allow the UK to buy war material in Canada and was administered by the Mutual AId Board, Canada's equivalent to US Lend-Lease.
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