World War II Lend-Lease Agreement

Question: I understand that the Lend Lease loans totalling $7 billion between Britain and the U.S. were paid off in January, 2007. Can you confirm this? - Omnivorous

Yes it is true and it was made before 2007 set foot into history. A payment of $83.25 million (£42.43 million) was made on Dec. 29, finally fulfilling the financial obligations of Britain to the United States after 61 years. The funds were used by Britain to fight Germany during World War II.

Source: Manchester.com

Who was Tyler Kent?

Question: Who was Tyler Kent and what role did he play in British history?

Tyler Kent was a code and cipher clerk at the US Embassy in London in 1940. With evidence that he was leaking out classified information, they took custody of him. When he was arrested in that year, his flat contained hundreds of documents including controversial correspondence between President Roosevelt and Winston Churchill which Tyler found at the US Embassy.

Bryan Clough recently wrote a book about this conspiracy and one of the passages provide an interesting preview.

"...after all the stories and speculation, here at last was proof positive that Kent had been telling the truth: Churchill and Roosevelt had been in correspondence about the Lend-Lease (or Lease-Lend) formula months before Roosevelt had supposedly conceived the idea, after his re-election."

"Consequently, Kent’s knowledge of Roosevelt’s pre-war commitments was the only reason for his having been tried in secret and incarcerated during the war; and the assumption that ‘the full correspondence’ between Churchill and Roosevelt had previously been made public is now proved false."

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I Need A List of Ministry of the Interiors in Different Countries

Question: Hi. And what a cool site! My question is a tough one (boring, but tough). Can you find me a link to a site that lists a lot of Ministries of the Interior from many countries? Thanks. - Dave

Tough one Dave.

Usually the Ministry of the Interior is the one responsible for national security, policing and immigration. Wikipedia has a list of the Interior Ministries in different countries based on the above responsibilities. Wikipedia categorize it as such since at times different nations give a different perspective on such a different.

The US for example has the equivalent ministry as described above in the Department of Homeland Security and the Justice Department. The US though has an interior department but it is so different from the usual roles conferred on such an office. The Interior Department of the United States is primarily concerned with overseeing the real estate property owned by the federal government!

Wikipedia's List of Interior Ministry Departments in Different Countries