Comments on: Thanks, Uncle Sam http://www.owen.org/blog/633 Thoughts from Owen in Africa Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:23:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: jack http://www.owen.org/blog/633/comment-page-1#comment-4225 jack Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:42:23 +0000 http://www.owen.org/blog/633#comment-4225 the lease lend act provided all war like matereils to fight the conflict ie the second world war free ... the so called loan was made after the war from the marshall aid plan to rebuild the whole of europe ... we were not the only recipients and not the only ones to repay it in full ..... repayment from ww1 to the uk from variose nationds are still out standing as i write the lease lend act provided all war like matereils to fight the conflict ie the second world war free … the so called loan was made after the war from the marshall aid plan to rebuild the whole of europe … we were not the only recipients and not the only ones to repay it in full ….. repayment from ww1 to the uk from variose nationds are still out standing as i write

]]> By: biggleswade http://www.owen.org/blog/633/comment-page-1#comment-2403 biggleswade Tue, 09 Jan 2007 21:29:09 +0000 http://www.owen.org/blog/633#comment-2403 <p>A year or two ago we saw the Chancellor of the Exchequer (was his name Brown? I live abroad) on TV with a  large cheque in hands,  paying the last instalment to the USA of a WW2 debt. Which debt was that?</p> <p>Can anyone help out?</p> A year or two ago we saw the Chancellor of the Exchequer (was his name Brown? I live abroad) on TV with a  large cheque in hands,  paying the last instalment to the USA of a WW2 debt. Which debt was that?

Can anyone help out?

]]> By: Pete http://www.owen.org/blog/633/comment-page-1#comment-2402 Pete Thu, 04 Jan 2007 17:50:01 +0000 http://www.owen.org/blog/633#comment-2402 <p>Owen - I'm not sure the facts support your argument here.  Following the Second World War the US did not want to emerge as a superpower.  It was only the perception of the growing threat from the Soviet Union and the lobbying of the UK Government that convinced the US to support Europe economically through the Marshall Plan and militarily through NATO.  Churchill's famous "iron curtain" speech in 1947 was essentially a plea to the US to become a supoerpower - and I think we should all be grateful that they did.  Pete</p> Owen – I’m not sure the facts support your argument here.  Following the Second World War the US did not want to emerge as a superpower.  It was only the perception of the growing threat from the Soviet Union and the lobbying of the UK Government that convinced the US to support Europe economically through the Marshall Plan and militarily through NATO.  Churchill’s famous "iron curtain" speech in 1947 was essentially a plea to the US to become a supoerpower – and I think we should all be grateful that they did.  Pete

]]> By: Skinny Americano http://www.owen.org/blog/633/comment-page-1#comment-2401 Skinny Americano Mon, 01 Jan 2007 17:12:31 +0000 http://www.owen.org/blog/633#comment-2401 In case anyone is interested, there is a documantary on British television this Wednesday (9.00 p.m. GMT 3rd January on BBC4) on the subject with former British Ambassador to Washington, Sir Christopher Meyer, as the main speaker. I've no idea how objective it will be. In case anyone is interested, there is a documantary on British television this Wednesday (9.00 p.m. GMT 3rd January on BBC4) on the subject with former British Ambassador to Washington, Sir Christopher Meyer, as the main speaker. I’ve no idea how objective it will be.

]]> By: chris http://www.owen.org/blog/633/comment-page-1#comment-2400 chris Mon, 01 Jan 2007 16:16:13 +0000 http://www.owen.org/blog/633#comment-2400 wow did not know that you would have fought they would have told to stop round about the 70s but .. did not know wow did not know that you would have fought they would have told to stop round about the 70s but .. did not know

]]> By: Bev http://www.owen.org/blog/633/comment-page-1#comment-2399 Bev Fri, 29 Dec 2006 21:47:08 +0000 http://www.owen.org/blog/633#comment-2399 What was the loan amount, and how much have we repaid ? What was the loan amount, and how much have we repaid ?

]]> By: Quentin http://www.owen.org/blog/633/comment-page-1#comment-2398 Quentin Thu, 28 Dec 2006 23:03:48 +0000 http://www.owen.org/blog/633#comment-2398 Owen - interesting stuff - but is there any evidence to support the motivations you ascribe to the US authorities? Dash it all, could they really be such cads? Owen – interesting stuff – but is there any evidence to support the motivations you ascribe to the US authorities? Dash it all, could they really be such cads?

]]> By: Martin Stabe » Britain pays off WWII debt http://www.owen.org/blog/633/comment-page-1#comment-2397 Martin Stabe » Britain pays off WWII debt Thu, 28 Dec 2006 12:20:57 +0000 http://www.owen.org/blog/633#comment-2397 [...] Amazing factoid of the day: Britain is this week due to make the final £45m repayment to the United States Treasury for the World War II-era Lend-Lease loans. That is all. [...] [...] Amazing factoid of the day: Britain is this week due to make the final £45m repayment to the United States Treasury for the World War II-era Lend-Lease loans. That is all. [...]

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