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1. The next step in this work should preferably be an
operational techno-economic sector mission to one or more countries
in Eastern Europe and/or the Former Soviet Union to explore the
practical feasibility of Marshall Plan type technical assistance,
probably in the context of Bank work on human resources and
training. We share the hope that such work will be an outcome of
the forthcoming workshop.
2. There is also a need for further research on the history
of the technical assistance part of the Marshall Plan. This is an
important piece of economic history, since it played a major role
in the economic recovery of Western Europe, but is almost entirely
absent from the economic and historical literature. We are quite
aware that our work, though as thorough as we could make it within
the time and resources allocated, leaves many questions regarding
the benefits of the program.
The archives of the technical assistance program of the
Marshall Plan, to the extent that they still exist, would be
located in national archives of European countries or in the
private files of those who participated. Those officials who still
survive are in their mid-seventies, and their recollections of the
program constitute an invaluable historical record which will soon
be lost.
We would therefore suggest that the next research step might
be to visit the capitals of a reasonable proportion of the
countries that participated in the technical assistance program of
the Marshall Plan in order to interview the surviving participants
and to gather the remaining records.
This would require 1-2 week visits to perhaps 8-10 capitals by
someone who was generally familiar with the program, plus time to
analyze and write up the findings. If a researcher/interviewer
with these qualifications were not available, the work would
require a correspondingly longer time.
If you have any thoughts as to who might be interested in
supporting such work, please let us know.
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