Mutual Security Agency

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The Mutual Security Agency ( MSA ) was an American agency that emerged from the ECA in 1951 as part of the Marshall Plan and had the task of administering American support funds, but existed under that name for only two years. Among other things, this office financed the construction of a total of nine settlements in Germany, some of which still bear the name MSA-Siedlung 50 years after their construction .

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In 1947, the Truman government won Congress approval for military and economic aid to Greece and Turkey .

In 1948, in the Foreign Assistance Act of 1948, Congress passed the four-year Marshall Plan and the establishment of the Economic Cooperation Administration (ECA).

The Mutual Security Act was passed by the US Congress in 1951. The Economic Cooperation Administration (ECA) was abolished and replaced by the Mutual Security Agency (MSA).

In 1953, the Foreign Operations Administration replaced the Mutual Security Agency and the Technical Cooperation Administration.