History of the Technical Assistance Programs of the Marshall Plan and Successor Agencies, 1948-1961

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DRAFT OUTLINE: JUNE 18, 1992 The "Great Leap Forward" in Western European and Pacific Rim Technology: The Technical Assistance Programs of the Marshall Plan and Successor Agencies, 1950-61 I. INTRODUCTION (12 pages) A. Overview (CW) 1. Uniqueness and Importance of the Marshall Plan 2. The National Productivity Drive as a Complement to Economic Structural Adjustment 3. The Marshall Plan as a Source of Innovation of Techniques Now Regarded as Standard 4. Applicability in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union B. Western European and Pacific Rim Economies, c. 1950 (CW) 1. Desire for higher standards of living 2. Fear of the spread of communism 3. State of Industry and Industrial Technology 4. Working conditions and labor relations C. Overview: Scale, chronology and differences among national productivity programs (JS) II. THE NATIONAL PRODUCTIVITY DRIVE (33 pages) A. How the Program was Launched (JS and CW: 4 pages) 1. Convincing national leaders of government, industry and labor 2. Widening national support through study tours 3. Mobilizing national consensus B. How the Program was Organized (JS: 6 pages) C. The Marshall Plan Study Tours: A Comprehensive Program of Industrial Sector Work (JS and CW: 6 pages) D. Back-up Technical Services (JS and CW: 10 pages) HAMPY TRUMAN NARA

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