(End-August 1939 = 100) 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 End February - 94 120 166 140 198 171 " May - 121 128 179 161 200 149 " August 100 130 160 165 179 198 145 (a) " November 77 129 165 157 202 202 (a) Forecast III. LEND/LEASE During May the weekly rate of arrivals in the United Kingdom of Lend/Lease supplies of U.S.A. origin was 24 thousand tons, practically the same as the average for the first 4 months of the year. Total arrivals under Lend/Lease in the four years of its operation are just short of 6 million tons.