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very accurate. After D-Day and the Allied liberation of Vichy France, France was destitute. The Nazi gangsters looted everything. The Allies HQ agreed to make ready for the liberation however, and a Liberty ship was loaded with Francs (cash money printed in the USA under Marshall Plan authority to re-start the French economy.
The cargo was unloading and trucked to French Banks. Photo of one load with MP guard.
That happened. An economy was once a cargo in a ship's hold. They repaid our generosity in Paris Universities and radical internationale "salons" by "educating" students from French colonies such as Chairman Mao, Ho Chi Minh and Pol Pot to name a few.