The Lend-Lease Act: Warfare Quotes

How we cite our quotes: (Section.Subsection.Paragraph)

Quote #4

SEC. 8. The Secretaries of War and of the Navy are hereby authorized to purchase or otherwise acquire arms, ammunition, and implements of war produced within the jurisdiction of any country to which section 3 is applicable, whenever the President deems such purchase or acquisition to be necessary in the interests of the defense of the United States. (8)

This section opens up the war trade between the Allies, allowing them to exchange weapons and technologies even more openly than they had before then.

Quote #5

SEC. 10. Nothing in this Act shall be construed to change existing law relating to the use of the land and naval forces of the United States, except insofar as such use relates to the manufacture, procurement, and repair of defense articles, the communication of information and other non-combatant purposes enumerated in this Act. (1)

Another section to minimize the diplomatic impact of the act.