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5 unusual facts about Economic Cooperation Administration


Carl Ferris Miller

According to William C. Sherman, in 1949 Miller was his deputy at the Performance Review Section of the Economic Cooperation Administration in Seoul.

Economic Cooperation Administration

It was succeeded by the United States Agency for International Development.

John Gunther Dean

In 1950, John Gunther Dean worked in government service as an economic analyst with the European Headquarters of the Economic Cooperation Administration in Paris, France.

Sarah Gibson Blanding

Her positions: consultant to the U.S. Secretary of War as member of the Joint Army and Navy Committee on Welfare and Recreation (1943-1946); member of the President's Commission on Higher Education under President Truman; and member of the Public Advisory Board of the Economic Cooperation Administration.

Taebaek Line

In 1949, the Economic Cooperation Administration, the United States government agency administering the Marshall Plan, also launched a plan to revive South Korea's economy, which included the construction of new railway lines.



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John Blandford Jr.

Blandford had been deputy chief of U.S. Economic Cooperation Administration in Greece and a consultant to president Harry Truman on the Marshall Plan.