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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Cold War program
United States foreign aid program
administeredBy Department of Defense
surface form: Department of Defense of the United States

United States Department of State
surface form: Department of State of the United States

Mutual Security Agency
alsoKnownAs MSP
appliesTo NATO
surface form: NATO member states

Western European countries
countries aligned with the United States
developing countries
appliesToJurisdiction United States government
surface form: United States federal government
country United States of America
surface form: United States
describedBySource Cold War foreign policy scholarship
United States government documents
endTime 1961
focusesOn collective security
economic development
military capability building
followed Marshall Plan
surface form: 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 Program self-linksurface differs
surface form: Mutual Security Act of 1951
legislatedBy United States Congress
location Washington, D.C.
partOf Cold War proxy conflicts
surface form: 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 United States Agency for International Development
surface form: Agency for International Development

Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
surface form: 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

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Mutual Security Act extensions partOf Mutual Security Program
Mutual Security Act extensions follows Mutual Security Program
this entity surface form: Mutual Security Act of 1951
TCA legalBasis Mutual Security Program
subject surface form: Technical Cooperation Administration
this entity surface form: United States foreign assistance legislation of 1950
Foreign Operations Administration replaces Mutual Security Program
this entity surface form: Mutual Security Agency
Mutual Security Program legalBasis Mutual Security Program self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Mutual Security Act of 1951
Mutual Security Agency legalBasis Mutual Security Program
this entity surface form: Mutual Security Act of 1951