Mutual Security Program

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The Mutual Security Program was a U.S. Cold War foreign aid initiative that provided military, economic, and technical assistance to allied and developing countries to strengthen collective security against communism.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Cold War program
United States foreign aid program
administeredBy Department of Defense of the United States
Department of State of the United States
Mutual Security Agency
alsoKnownAs MSP
appliesTo NATO member states
linked to: NATO

Western European countries
countries aligned with the United States
developing countries
appliesToJurisdiction United States federal government
country United States
describedBySource Cold War foreign policy scholarship
United States government documents
endTime 1961
focusesOn collective security
economic development
military capability building
followed European Recovery Program
linked to: Marshall Plan
fundedBy United States Congress
hasComponent economic assistance
military assistance
technical assistance
hasEffect expanded U.S. military aid beyond Europe
integrated economic and military assistance in U.S. foreign policy
historicalPeriod Cold War
inception 1951
legalBasis Mutual Security Act of 1951
legislatedBy United States Congress
location Washington, D.C.
partOf United States Cold War strategy
United States containment policy
purpose to contain Soviet influence during the Cold War
to provide economic assistance to allied and developing countries
to provide military assistance to allies of the United States
to provide technical assistance to allied and developing countries
to strengthen collective security against communism
replaced Economic Cooperation Administration
Marshall Plan
replacedBy Agency for International Development
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 programs
significantEvent enactment of the Mutual Security Act of 1951
transition to the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 framework
startTime October 1951

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Mutual Security Act extensions partOf Mutual Security Program
Mutual Security Act extensions follows Mutual Security Act of 1951
linked to: Mutual Security Program
Technical Cooperation Administration legalBasis United States foreign assistance legislation of 1950
subject linked to: TCA
linked to: Mutual Security Program
Foreign Operations Administration replaces Mutual Security Agency
linked to: Mutual Security Program
Mutual Security Program legalBasis Mutual Security Act of 1951
linked to: Mutual Security Program
Mutual Security Agency legalBasis Mutual Security Act of 1951
linked to: Mutual Security Program