If it was never used, how "in effect" was it really?
I also can't see any support for the assertion that this would've meant US ownership of bits of Ukraine. WWII's Lend-Lease was a legal fiction; the lended (at no cost) weapons, vehicles, etc. were expected to wind up expended/destroyed, not returned.
I also can't see any support for the assertion that this would've meant US ownership of bits of Ukraine. WWII's Lend-Lease was a legal fiction; the lended (at no cost) weapons, vehicles, etc. were expected to wind up expended/destroyed, not returned.