Foreign Relations of the United States, 1947, The British Commonwealth; Europe, Volume III

Editorial Note

On December 17 the interim aid program, cited officially as the “Foreign Aid Act of 1947”, 61 Stat. 934, was approved. On December 19 President Truman sent to the Congress a special message on the European Recovery Program. Funds for the interim aid program were voted in the supplemental appropriation act of December 23, 1947, 61 Stat. 941. For documentation relating to these developments, see pages 470 ff.