<prompt> Qedela le nkulumo elandelayo: Lapho kugqashuka iMpi Yezwe II, uhulumeni waseBrithani wamisa uPurvis ukuba abe umqondisi-jikelele we-British Purchasing Commission, eyayiphathiswe ukuthenga izinto zempi e-United States. Wayephinde abe ngusihlalo weBhodi Yokuthenga YamaNgisi NamaFulentshi, lapho ayesebenza khona noJean Monnet. Ngo-June 1940, lapho iFrance yayiseduze nokuphetha  <response>: ngemva kokumisa impi neJalimane, uPurvis wahlela ukuba athathe zonke izinkontileka zempi zaseFrance ezazisalindile e-United States ngezindleko zamaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-612. UPurvis waxoxela abaseBrithani ngoSepthemba 1940 ukuthola izinto ezinjengezikebhe ze-torpedo, izindiza, nezinhlamvu zaseMelika ezazinikeza abaseBrithani ngaphezu kwabashayeli bezindiza abangama-50 njengengxenye ye-Destroyers for Bases Agreement. 