Item COLD WAR 27/30 - Transcript of interview with Professor Theodore Geiger, 1996

Typescript transcript of interview with Professor Theodore Geiger, Economist, US State Department, [1945-1947], and assistant to deputy of Economic Cooperation Administration (ECA) administering the Marshall Plan in the US, [1948-1951], and Professor of International Relations, Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA, relating to the instigation and development of the Marshall Plan for European reconstruction, 1948, including the impact of the US President Truman's speech to the US Congress concerning US military and economic assistance for Greece and Turkey, Feb 1947 (Truman Doctrine speech); the alteration in direction of US foreign policy Jan-Jun 1947 the announcement of the Marshall Plan, Jun 1947; the passage of the plan's legislation through Congress, Mar 1948; the establishment of bodies such as the Economic Cooperation Administration (ECA), the European Reconstruction Program (ERP), the Organisation for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC); the strategy of the plan for reducing inflation in European countries; the logistics of the plan; the cost of he plan and its impact on the US economy; the short and long term impact of the plan on Europe. 52pp