Foreign Economic Administration

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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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal agency
World War II agency
administeredBy Leo T. Crowley
appliesToJurisdiction United States of America
surface form: United States
appointedBy President Franklin D. Roosevelt
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
archivesAt National Archives and Records Administration
surface form: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
coordinateWith Office of Economic Warfare
surface form: Board of Economic Warfare

United States Department of State
surface form: Department of State

Department of the Navy
surface form: Navy Department

Office of War Information
United States Department of War
surface form: War Department

War Production Board
country United States of America
surface form: 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
Foreign Economic Administration self-linksurface differs
surface form: Bureau of Economic Operations

Bureau of Supplies
Bureau of Transportation
Office of Economic Warfare
Foreign Economic Administration self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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 government
surface form: United States federal government
legislativeBasis Executive Order 9380
notableProgram Lend-Lease program
surface form: 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 Office of Lend-Lease Administration
surface form: Lend-Lease Administration

Office of Economic Warfare
Office of Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation Operations
replacedBy United States Department of State
surface form: Department of State

Foreign Liquidation Commission
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
War Assets Administration
timePeriod World War II

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Office of War Mobilization coordinatedWith Foreign Economic Administration
Foreign Economic Administration hasPart Foreign Economic Administration self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Office of Foreign Economic Coordination
Foreign Economic Administration hasPart Foreign Economic Administration self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Bureau of Economic Operations
Office of Lend-Lease Administration replacedBy Foreign Economic Administration
Bureau of Areas partOf Foreign Economic Administration
Bureau of Areas parentOrganization Foreign Economic Administration
Bureau of Supplies parentOrganization Foreign Economic Administration
Bureau of Supplies partOf Foreign Economic Administration
Bureau of Supplies operatedBy Foreign Economic Administration
Bureau of Transportation partOf Foreign Economic Administration
this entity surface form: U.S. Foreign Economic Administration
Bureau of Transportation operatedBy Foreign Economic Administration
this entity surface form: U.S. Foreign Economic Administration
Office of the Administrator partOf Foreign Economic Administration
this entity surface form: U.S. Foreign Economic Administration
Office of the Administrator parentOrganization Foreign Economic Administration
Office of the Administrator parentOrganization Foreign Economic Administration
this entity surface form: U.S. Foreign Economic Administration
Executive Order 9380 relatesTo Foreign Economic Administration
Executive Order 9380 affects Foreign Economic Administration
Executive Order 9380 grantsAuthorityTo Foreign Economic Administration