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What was the name of the plan Marshall advocated for as Secretary of State?

  • Marshall Plan

  • Roosevelt Plan

  • Truman Doctrine

  • Pershing Plan

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The Marshall Plan, officially the European Recovery Program, was an American initiative to aid Western European countries devastated by World War II. The initiative was proposed by U.S. Secretary of State George Marshall in a speech in 1947. The European Recovery Program offered aid to the countries that participated in the Organization for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC) and was administered by the United States Economic Cooperation Administration (ECA).
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