December 6th, 1945 (THURSDAY)
UNITED KINGDOM: In an effort to revitalize the failing British economy, the U.S. government grants a loan of US$3.75 billion (US$40.7 billion in year 2005 dollars) to the British government. The Canadian government subsequently provides a loan of CDN$1.25 billion (CDN$14.7 billion in year 2005 dollars) to the British as well. By the end of 1947, the British have exhausted both of these loans due to high prices on the American market.
FINLAND: The Finnish Air Force abandons the blue 'svastika' marking (Sanskrit swastika) from its aircraft. (Russell Folsom)
INDIA: Sir Maurice Garnier Hallett leaves office as governor of the state of Uttar Pradesh.
CANADA: Frigate HMCS la Hulloise paid off Halifax, Nova Scotia.
U.S.A.: 202 masterpieces from German museums arrive in New York City. They consist of 45 cases on two railway cars, the "202" included works by Cranach, Dürer, Raphael, Rembrandt, Vermeer, and Manet. The paintings traveled to major American art museums from 1946 to 1948 including the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, instigating public disapproval and negative publicity between U.S. government agencies (State and Treasury Departments), and the American museum community. By April 1949, the U.S. Army returned all 202 paintings to Germany. (Peter Kilduff)(205)