Trump allowed a Russian oil tanker to reach Cuba, breaking the island's fuel blockade. Here's the latest
CNN →Trump, whose government has come at its Caribbean adversary more aggressively than any U.S. government in recent history, has effectively cut Cuba off from key oil shipments in an effort to force regime change. The blockade has had devastating effects on civilians, leaving many desperate with island-wide blackouts.
Tanker Leaves with Gas for Russia Today
WASHINGTON—Defense Oil Coordinator Harold L. Ickes announced that the first American tanker assigned to carry aviation gasoline to Russia would sail from Los Angeles Wednesday.
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Operation Dervish
Operation Dervish (21–31 August 1941) was the first of the Arctic Convoys of the Second World War by which the Western Allies supplied material to the Soviet Union against Nazi Germany. The convoy sailed from Liverpool on 12 August 1941 and arrived at Arkhangelsk on 31 August 1941. There were no attempts by the Luftwaffe or the Kriegsmarine to intercept the convoy and neither side suffered casualties.
Wikipedia →Atlantic Charter
The Atlantic Charter was a statement issued on 14 August 1941 that set out American and British goals for the world after the end of World War II, months before the US officially entered the war. The joint statement outlined the aims of the United States and the United Kingdom for the postwar world as follows: no territorial aggrandizement, no territorial changes made against the wishes of the people (self-determination), restoration of self-government to those deprived of it, reduction of trade restrictions, global co-operation to secure better economic and social conditions for all.
Wikipedia →The Conference — Moscow Conference (1941)
W. Averell Harriman representing the United States and Lord Beaverbrook representing the United Kingdom met with Vyacheslav Molotov (Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs) presiding. The conference opened on 29 September at the residence of the Foreign Commissariat, the Spiridonovka Palace.
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