Foreign Economic Administration

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The Foreign Economic Administration was a U.S. World War II agency responsible for coordinating and managing the nation’s foreign economic operations, including aid, procurement, and economic warfare activities.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal agency
World War II agency
administeredBy Leo T. Crowley
appliesToJurisdiction United States
appointedBy Franklin D. Roosevelt
archivesAt U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
coordinateWith Board of Economic Warfare
Department of State
Navy Department
Office of War Information
War Department
War Production Board
country United States
createdBy Executive Order 9380
dateCreatedByExecutiveOrder 1943-09-25
dissolved 1945
fieldOfWork economic warfare
foreign economic policy
international aid
wartime logistics
hasPart Bureau of Areas
Bureau of Economic Operations
Bureau of Supplies
Bureau of Transportation
Office of Economic Warfare
Office of Foreign Economic Coordination
Office of Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation Operations
Office of Lend-Lease Administration
Office of the Administrator
headOfGovernmentBody Leo T. Crowley
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C.
inception 1943
jurisdiction United States federal government
legislativeBasis Executive Order 9380
notableProgram Lend-Lease Program
linked to: Lend-Lease program
operatedIn Africa
Asia
Europe
Latin America
parentOrganization Executive Office of the President of the United States
purpose administration of lend-lease aid
coordination of foreign economic operations during World War II
economic warfare against Axis powers
foreign relief and rehabilitation planning
procurement of supplies for allies
replaced Lend-Lease Administration
Office of Economic Warfare
Office of Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation Operations
replacedBy Department of State
Foreign Liquidation Commission
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
War Assets Administration
timePeriod World War II

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Office of War Mobilization coordinatedWith Foreign Economic Administration
Foreign Economic Administration hasPart Office of Foreign Economic Coordination
linked to: Foreign Economic Administration
Foreign Economic Administration hasPart Bureau of Economic Operations
linked to: Foreign Economic Administration
Office of Lend-Lease Administration replacedBy Foreign Economic Administration
Bureau of Areas partOf Foreign Economic Administration
Bureau of Areas parentOrganization Foreign Economic Administration
Bureau of Supplies parentOrganization Foreign Economic Administration
Bureau of Supplies partOf Foreign Economic Administration
Bureau of Supplies operatedBy Foreign Economic Administration
Bureau of Transportation partOf U.S. Foreign Economic Administration
linked to: Foreign Economic Administration
Bureau of Transportation operatedBy U.S. Foreign Economic Administration
linked to: Foreign Economic Administration
Office of the Administrator partOf U.S. Foreign Economic Administration
linked to: Foreign Economic Administration
Office of the Administrator parentOrganization Foreign Economic Administration
Office of the Administrator parentOrganization U.S. Foreign Economic Administration
linked to: Foreign Economic Administration
Executive Order 9380 relatesTo Foreign Economic Administration
Executive Order 9380 affects Foreign Economic Administration
Executive Order 9380 grantsAuthorityTo Foreign Economic Administration