Reorganization Plan No. 8 of 1953

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Reorganization Plan No. 8 of 1953 was a U.S. presidential reorganization measure that created and structured the United States Information Agency as the federal government’s primary overseas information and propaganda arm during the Cold War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States presidential reorganization plan
legal instrument
appliesTo executive branch agencies engaged in overseas information activities
appliesToJurisdiction United States government
surface form: federal government of the United States
country United States of America
surface form: United States
creates United States Information Agency NERFINISHED
defines organizational framework of the United States Information Agency
responsibilities of the United States Information Agency director
describedAs Cold War-era U.S. presidential reorganization measure
measure creating and structuring the United States Information Agency
establishesAs primary U.S. overseas information agency
primary U.S. overseas propaganda arm
fieldOfWork foreign information policy
government reorganization
public diplomacy
hasEffect consolidation of U.S. foreign information programs
strengthening of U.S. Cold War information strategy
hasPurpose to centralize U.S. government foreign information and propaganda activities
to create the United States Information Agency
to reorganize federal overseas information functions
isPartOf United States federal reorganization efforts of the 1950s
legalForm reorganization plan under the Reorganization Act
legislativeBody United States Congress
pointInTime 1953
proposedBy President of the United States NERFINISHED
regulates functions of the United States Information Agency
structure of the United States Information Agency
temporalContext Cold War NERFINISHED
topic Cold War propaganda
U.S. foreign policy
executive branch reorganization
transfers overseas information functions to the United States Information Agency

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United States Information Agency legalBasis Reorganization Plan No. 8 of 1953