Economic Cooperation Administration

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United States federal agency defunct government agency

The Economic Cooperation Administration was a U.S. government agency created after World War II to direct and manage American economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Economic Cooperation Administration canonical 6
Economic Cooperation Act of 1948 3
Mutual Security Agency 2

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal agency ⓘ
defunct government agency ⓘ
alsoKnownAs ECA ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction United States government ⓘ
surface form: United States federal government

Western Europe ⓘ
archivesAt National Archives and Records Administration ⓘ
surface form: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration
budget approximately 13 billion U.S. dollars in total Marshall Plan aid ⓘ
cooperatedWith Organisation for European Economic Co-operation ⓘ
surface form: Organization for European Economic Cooperation

governments of Western European countries ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Paul G. Hoffman ⓘ
William C. Foster ⓘ
dissolved 1951 ⓘ
employerOf Paul G. Hoffman ⓘ
William C. Foster ⓘ
fieldOfWork economic reconstruction ⓘ
foreign aid ⓘ
international economic cooperation ⓘ
foundedBy United States Congress ⓘ
hasEffect accelerated economic recovery of Western Europe ⓘ
contributed to containment of Soviet influence in Europe ⓘ
strengthened political and economic ties between the United States and Western Europe ⓘ
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ
inception 1948 ⓘ
legalBasis Economic Cooperation Administration self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Economic Cooperation Act of 1948

Marshall Plan legislation ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
mainPurpose administer the Marshall Plan ⓘ
manage U.S. economic aid for European reconstruction after World War II ⓘ
promote economic recovery in Western Europe ⓘ
strengthen Western European economies against communist influence ⓘ
notableProgram Marshall Plan ⓘ
surface form: European Recovery Program

Marshall Plan ⓘ
operatingArea Europe ⓘ
Western Europe ⓘ
parentOrganization Executive Office of the President of the United States ⓘ
partOf Marshall Plan ⓘ
surface form: Marshall Plan administration structure

U.S. Cold War foreign policy apparatus ⓘ
reasonForDissolution reorganization of U.S. foreign aid under Mutual Security Act ⓘ
replacedBy Economic Cooperation Administration self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Mutual Security Agency
significantEvent coordination of multilateral aid to Europe ⓘ
implementation of European Recovery Program ⓘ
timePeriod post–World War II era ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10.

# Requirements
- If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list.
- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Economic Cooperation Administration
Description of subject: The Economic Cooperation Administration was a U.S. government agency created after World War II to direct and manage American economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe.

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Marshall Plan → administeredBy → Economic Cooperation Administration ⓘ
ERP → administeredBy → Economic Cooperation Administration ⓘ
ERP → legalBasis → Economic Cooperation Administration ⓘ
this entity surface form: Economic Cooperation Act of 1948
Economic Cooperation Administration → replacedBy → Economic Cooperation Administration self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mutual Security Agency
Economic Cooperation Administration → legalBasis → Economic Cooperation Administration self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Economic Cooperation Act of 1948
ECA → replacedBy → Economic Cooperation Administration ⓘ
subject surface form: Economic Cooperation Administration
this entity surface form: Mutual Security Agency
ECA → alsoKnownAs → Economic Cooperation Administration ⓘ
subject surface form: Economic Cooperation Administration
this entity surface form: Economic Co-operation Administration
ECA → legalBasis → Economic Cooperation Administration ⓘ
subject surface form: Economic Cooperation Administration
this entity surface form: Economic Cooperation Act of 1948
Technical Cooperation Administration → coordinatedWith → Economic Cooperation Administration ⓘ
Ben Bradlee → employer → Economic Cooperation Administration ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States government (information services during Marshall Plan)
Paul G. Hoffman → participatedIn → Economic Cooperation Administration ⓘ
this entity surface form: Marshall Plan administration
Mutual Security Program → replaced → Economic Cooperation Administration ⓘ
CIA officer Richard M. Bissell Jr. → employer → Economic Cooperation Administration ⓘ
subject surface form: Richard M. Bissell Jr.
Mutual Security Agency → follows → Economic Cooperation Administration ⓘ