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    "ocrText": "Box 9\nBilateral Negotiations and Agreements on Scope of Programs\nSeptember 1949 - December 1950\nFrance\nSeptember 1949. Agreement with French Embassy to offer the 10-point productivity\nassistance program for the U.K. to France.\nFrance\nNovember 1949. Extensive talks between Marshall Plan staff and Monet and his\nCommissariat staff on Survey Findings, Recommendation for Industry Sector Teams, and 12\nsupporting TA programs. Agreement on industry Teams and experimental trial of 12\nsupporting TA programs.\nAustria\nDecember 1949. Extensive talks between Marshall Plan staff in Vienna, two Austrian\nministers, Chamber of Industry, Industry Federation, General Research Institute,\nEmployers Research Association, four labor organizations and the Austrian foreign aid\nminister and staff. Agreement reached on forming an Austrian Productivity Institute\nwith staff, and utilizing industry Teams plus some of the 12 supporting TA programs.\nBrussels\nJanuary 1950. Extensive talks between Marshall Plan staff in Brussels, with Presidents\nand Directors of the Textile, Metal Fabricating, Industry and Agricultural research,\nNational Statistics agencies and Ministers of Economic Cooperation and Economic\nAffairs. Agreement reached on a Belgian Productivity Center, a nation-wide\nproductivity drive, and use of Industry Teams and the 12 supporting TA programs.\nGermany\nDecember/January 1950. Extensive talks between Marshall Plan staff in Bonn and the\nGerman ministers of Industry, Labor, Economic Affairs, Industry Federation, and Union\nleaders. Agreement reached on expanding the RKW rationalization agency to a\nProductivity Center, adopting the Industry teams, some of the 12 TA supporting\nprograms, and starting a nationwide drive for productivity improvement.\nFebruary - December 1950. Bilateral negotiations between Marshall Plan staff and most\nof the remaining Western European countries were carried out. Agreements were reached\non initial or final programs to include National Productivity Drives, Productivity\nCenters, and part or all of the Industry Team and the supporting TA programs.\n47.\nIn Latin America, bi-lateral discussions were initiated\nin 1951-1952 with the Labor Ministry and the Presidency in Brazil\nand with the Manufacturers and Management Associations in Chile.\nBy this time most of Western Europe had embarked on national\nProductivity Drives and there was a wide range of national programs\nas examples to review for adaptation to conditions and needs in\nBrazil and Chile. Sector surveys were undertaken by the Institute\nof Inter-American Affairs (IIAA) in conjunction with industry\ncooperation both in Brazil and Chile. In Chile, the industrial\nsector sought governmental participation for a national program.\nIn both countries, the Servicio form of administrative operation of\n32"
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