Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Mgbe Agha Ụwa nke Abụọ tiwapụrụ, gọọmenti Britain họpụtara Purvis ịbụ onyeisi oche nke Kọmitii Na-ahụ Maka Ịzụta Ihe nke Britain, bụ́ nke e nyere ọrụ ịzụ ihe agha site n'aka United States. Ọ bụkwa onye isi oche nke Anglo-French Purchasing Board, ebe ọ rụrụ ọrụ n'akụkụ Jean Monnet. Na June 1940, mgbe France nọ n'ọnụ ọnụ nkwekọrịta
N'ihi nkwekọrịta nkwekọrịta agha ya na Germany, Purvis mere ndokwa iweghara nkwekọrịta ngwá agha nile nke France e nwere na United States n'ọnụ ego nke $612 nde. Purvis kwurịtara maka ndị Briten n'ọnwa Septemba 1940 iji nweta ihe ndị dịka ụgbọ mmiri torpedo, ụgbọelu, na ngwa agha nke United States ga-enye ndị Britain na mgbakwunye na ndị agha 50 dị ka akụkụ nke Nkwekọrịta maka ndị agha.