Lend-Lease cannot be understood as an Anglo-American arrangement alone. China and Greece also received American support under the programme. Supplying China meant the United States was restricting Japanese access to resources while materially supporting Japan's opponent. That combination made American policy more interventionist than a simple description of neutrality or embargoes suggests.
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Lend-Lease extended beyond Britain
The program also supplied China and Greece, making American policy toward Japan more interventionist than a simple embargo suggests.