Economic Cooperation Administration

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The Economic Cooperation Administration was a U.S. government agency created after World War II to direct and manage American economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe.

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Generate an image of the Economic Cooperation Administration (The Economic Cooperation Administration was a U.S. government agency created after World War II to direct and manage American economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal agency ⓘ
defunct government agency ⓘ
alsoKnownAs ECA ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United States federal government ⓘ
Western Europe ⓘ
archivesAt U.S. National Archives and Records Administration ⓘ
budget approximately 13 billion U.S. dollars in total Marshall Plan aid ⓘ
cooperatedWith Organization for European Economic Cooperation ⓘ
governments of Western European countries ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
director Paul G. Hoffman ⓘ
William C. Foster ⓘ
dissolved 1951 ⓘ
employerOf Paul G. Hoffman ⓘ
William C. Foster ⓘ
fieldOfWork economic reconstruction ⓘ
foreign aid ⓘ
international economic cooperation ⓘ
foundedBy United States Congress ⓘ
hasEffect accelerated economic recovery of Western Europe ⓘ
contributed to containment of Soviet influence in Europe ⓘ
strengthened political and economic ties between the United States and Western Europe ⓘ
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ
inception 1948 ⓘ
legalBasis Economic Cooperation Act of 1948 ⓘ
Marshall Plan legislation ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
mainPurpose administer the Marshall Plan ⓘ
manage U.S. economic aid for European reconstruction after World War II ⓘ
promote economic recovery in Western Europe ⓘ
strengthen Western European economies against communist influence ⓘ
notableProgram European Recovery Program ⓘ
linked to: Marshall Plan

Marshall Plan ⓘ
operatingArea Europe ⓘ
Western Europe ⓘ
parentOrganization Executive Office of the President of the United States ⓘ
partOf Marshall Plan administration structure ⓘ
linked to: Marshall Plan

U.S. Cold War foreign policy apparatus ⓘ
reasonForDissolution reorganization of U.S. foreign aid under Mutual Security Act ⓘ
replacedBy Mutual Security Agency ⓘ
significantEvent coordination of multilateral aid to Europe ⓘ
implementation of European Recovery Program ⓘ
timePeriod post–World War II era ⓘ

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Marshall Plan → administeredBy → Economic Cooperation Administration ⓘ
ERP → administeredBy → Economic Cooperation Administration ⓘ
ERP → legalBasis → Economic Cooperation Act of 1948 ⓘ
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Economic Cooperation Administration → replacedBy → Mutual Security Agency ⓘ
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Economic Cooperation Administration → legalBasis → Economic Cooperation Act of 1948 ⓘ
linked to: Economic Cooperation Administration
Economic Cooperation Administration → replacedBy → Mutual Security Agency ⓘ
subject linked to: ECA
linked to: Economic Cooperation Administration
Economic Cooperation Administration → alsoKnownAs → Economic Co-operation Administration ⓘ
subject linked to: ECA
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Economic Cooperation Administration → legalBasis → Economic Cooperation Act of 1948 ⓘ
subject linked to: ECA
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Technical Cooperation Administration → coordinatedWith → Economic Cooperation Administration ⓘ
Ben Bradlee → employer → United States government (information services during Marshall Plan) ⓘ
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Paul G. Hoffman → participatedIn → Marshall Plan administration ⓘ
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Mutual Security Program → replaced → Economic Cooperation Administration ⓘ
Richard M. Bissell Jr. → employer → Economic Cooperation Administration ⓘ
Mutual Security Agency → follows → Economic Cooperation Administration ⓘ