One unintended benefit of it was the creation of the OECD, which served as its bookkeeper.
One unintended benefit of it was the creation of the OECD, which served as its bookkeeper. Charles Boehlen authored its primary goals, and Bevin and Bidault were responsible for presenting it to its major objector. While some revisionists argue that its purpose was to forestall depression in the U.S. by bolstering the market for capital goods exports, its stated purposed was solidifying the region and rendering future involvement unnecessary, while Europeans perceived it as a means of ensuring their independence. Proposed by its namesake in his 1947 Harvard commencement address, FTP, name this bulwark against Soviet expansion that sought to strengthen Europe by allocating $13 billion for reconstruction.
One unintended benefit of it was the creation of the OECD, which served as its bookkeeper.
{Marshall Plan} or {European Recovery Program}