Foreign Economic Administration

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United States federal agency World War II agency

The Foreign Economic Administration was a U.S. World War II agency responsible for coordinating and managing the nation’s foreign economic operations, including aid, procurement, and economic warfare activities.

Aliases (2)

Bureau of Economic Operations ×1
Office of Foreign Economic Coordination ×1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal agency → World War II agency →
administeredBy	Leo T. Crowley →
appliesToJurisdiction	United States →
appointedBy	Franklin D. Roosevelt →
archivesAt	U.S. National Archives and Records Administration →
coordinateWith	Board of Economic Warfare → Department of State → Navy Department → Office of War Information → War Department → War Production Board →
country	United States →
createdBy	Executive Order 9380 →
dateCreatedByExecutiveOrder	1943-09-25 →
dissolved	1945 →
fieldOfWork	economic warfare → foreign economic policy → international aid → wartime logistics →
hasPart	Bureau of Areas → Bureau of Economic Operations → Bureau of Supplies → Bureau of Transportation → Office of Economic Warfare → Office of Foreign Economic Coordination → Office of Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation Operations → Office of Lend-Lease Administration → Office of the Administrator →
headOfGovernmentBody	Leo T. Crowley →
headquartersLocation	Washington, D.C. →
inception	1943 →
jurisdiction	United States federal government →
legislativeBasis	Executive Order 9380 →
notableProgram	Lend-Lease Program →
operatedIn	Africa → Asia → Europe → Latin America →
parentOrganization	Executive Office of the President of the United States →
purpose	administration of lend-lease aid → coordination of foreign economic operations during World War II → economic warfare against Axis powers → foreign relief and rehabilitation planning → procurement of supplies for allies →
replaced	Lend-Lease Administration → Office of Economic Warfare → Office of Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation Operations →
replacedBy	Department of State → Foreign Liquidation Commission → Reconstruction Finance Corporation → War Assets Administration →
timePeriod	World War II →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Foreign Economic Administration ("Office of Foreign Economic Coordination") → Foreign Economic Administration ("Bureau of Economic Operations") →	hasPart
Office of War Mobilization →	coordinatedWith
Office of Lend-Lease Administration →	replacedBy