Mutual Security Program

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The Mutual Security Program was a U.S. Cold War foreign aid initiative that provided military, economic, and technical assistance to allied and developing countries to strengthen collective security against communism.


Statements (44)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Cold War program
United States foreign aid program
administeredBy Department of Defense of the United States
Department of State of the United States
Mutual Security Agency
alsoKnownAs MSP
appliesTo NATO member states
Western European countries
countries aligned with the United States
developing countries
appliesToJurisdiction United States federal government
country United States
describedBySource Cold War foreign policy scholarship
United States government documents
endTime 1961
focusesOn collective security
economic development
military capability building
followed European Recovery Program
fundedBy United States Congress
hasComponent economic assistance
military assistance
technical assistance
hasEffect expanded U.S. military aid beyond Europe
integrated economic and military assistance in U.S. foreign policy
historicalPeriod Cold War
inception 1951
legalBasis Mutual Security Act of 1951
legislatedBy United States Congress NERFINISHED
location Washington, D.C.
partOf United States Cold War strategy
United States containment policy
purpose to contain Soviet influence during the Cold War
to provide economic assistance to allied and developing countries
to provide military assistance to allies of the United States
to provide technical assistance to allied and developing countries
to strengthen collective security against communism
replaced Economic Cooperation Administration
Marshall Plan
replacedBy Agency for International Development
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 programs
significantEvent enactment of the Mutual Security Act of 1951
transition to the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 framework
startTime October 1951

Referenced by (5)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Mutual Security Program ("Mutual Security Act of 1951")
Technical Cooperation Administration ("United States foreign assistance legislation of 1950")
legalBasis
Mutual Security Act extensions ("Mutual Security Act of 1951")
follows
Mutual Security Act extensions
partOf
Foreign Operations Administration ("Mutual Security Agency")
replaces

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