Economic Cooperation Administration���s Relief Mission in Post-War China, 1946-1948
This collection demonstrates the Economic Cooperation Administration (ECA) activities to promote U.S.-China relations during the early Cold War era. Topics include efforts to urge the State Department to pursue a friendly economic policy toward Communist China; ECA representation of the opinion of many American businessmen; the failure of the Marshall Mission; the effectiveness of the ECA���s aid to China; and information on the China Aid Act. Documents include records of Donald S. Gilpatric, foreign service officer; regional offices' correspondences; chronological files and cables; interoffice memos; subject files of the office of the director; among others.