<P> American deliveries to the Soviet Union can be divided into the following phases: </P> <Ul> <Li> "pre Lend - lease" 22 June 1941 to 30 September 1941 (paid for in gold and other minerals) </Li> <Li> first protocol period from 1 October 1941 to 30 June 1942 (signed 7 October 1941), these supplies were to be manufactured and delivered by the UK with US credit financing . </Li> <Li> second protocol period from 1 July 1942 to 30 June 1943 (signed 6 October 1942) </Li> <Li> third protocol period from 1 July 1943 to 30 June 1944 (signed 19 October 1943) </Li> <Li> fourth protocol period from 1 July 1944, (signed 17 April 1945), formally ended 12 May 1945 but deliveries continued for the duration of the war with Japan (which the Soviet Union entered on the 8 August 1945) under the "Milepost" agreement until 2 September 1945 when Japan capitulated . On 20 September 1945 all Lend - Lease to the Soviet Union was terminated . </Li> </Ul> <Li> "pre Lend - lease" 22 June 1941 to 30 September 1941 (paid for in gold and other minerals) </Li> <Li> first protocol period from 1 October 1941 to 30 June 1942 (signed 7 October 1941), these supplies were to be manufactured and delivered by the UK with US credit financing . </Li>

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