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General George C. Marshall, U.S. Secretary of State, at Harvard University on the occasion of his address to the graduating class, which became known as the Marshall Plan Speech.
Cambridge, Massachusetts, 5 June 1947
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The signed charter of the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation (OEEC), which was organised to administer the Marshall Plan, on display at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Quai d'Orsay, Paris, 16 April 1948
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A meeting hosted by the European Recovery Programme, attended by (from left) Eleanor Roosevelt, Chairman of the United Nations Human Rights Commission; Ambassador W. Averill Harriman, U.S. Special Representative in Europe; John Foster Dulles, U.S. Delegate to the United Nations; and General George C.Marhsall, U.S. Secretary of State.
Paris, October 1948
©USIS Paris 17 OECD ref 48-5
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U.K. Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin (l), U.S. Secretary of State George C Marshall (c) and French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman (r) meeting at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs following the Soviet Union's veto concerning the situation in Berlin.
Quai d'Orsay, Paris, 27 October 1948
© USIS 847 ref OECD 48-7
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Robert Marjolin, OEEC Secretary-General, broadcasting from the Voice of America radio studios to commemorate the first anniversary of the Marshall Plan and the OEEC.
Paris, 16 April 1949
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Foreground, from left to right:
- Max Petitpierre, Swiss Federal Council for Foreign Affairs
- Östen Undén, Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Joseph Bech, Luxembourg Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Robert Schuman, French Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgian Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs
- Sir Stafford Cripps, U.K. Minister of Economic Affairs
- Count Carlo Sforza, Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs
Paris, 1949
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As part of its public relations campaign, the European Recovery Programme sponsored an international poster contest on the theme, “Intra-European Co-operation for a Better Standard of Living”. Over ten thousand entries from thirteen countries were submitted in local country competitions from which the twenty-five award-winning posters were selected. Prominent graphic arts experts, each representing a different Marshall Plan country, made up the jury. First prize went to Reijn Ddirksen from The Netherlands.
©Marshall Plan Poster Competition ref C97-33
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US Special Representative Milton Katz (l), Herbert Prack, Head of the Austrian Delegation (c), and OEEC Secretary General Robert Marjolin (r) discussing the agreement on the European Payments Union, which facilitated financial transactions among European countries during reconstruction following World War II.
Chateau de la Muette, Paris, 19 September 1950
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Sir Hugh Ellis Rees, Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the OEEC arriving at OEEC headquarters.
Chateau de la Muette, Paris, 1950
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A parade float at the Dutch Flower Festival, expressing appreciation for the efforts of the Marshall Plan.
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Aid provided under the Marshall plan being unloaded at the Port of London.
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OEEC Secretary General René Sergent (l), Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgian Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs (c), and Peter Thorneycroft , U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer and Chairman of the OEEC Council (r), examining a model of the OEEC pavilion for the Brussels Universal Exhibition.
Chateau de la Muette, Paris 12 February 1957
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German Minister of Economics Ludwig Erhard attending the OEEC Ministerial Council Meeting.
Chateau de la Muette, Paris, 17 October 1957
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Member countries gather in the Salon de l'Horloge at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs to sign the convention establishing the OECD.
Quai d'Orsay, Paris, 14 December 1960
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Multimedia
Video: Marshall Plan Anniversary
On the occasion of this 60th anniversary of the Marshall Plan speech, the OECD, the U.S. Embassy in Paris and George Washington University organised a symposium, "Lessons Learned Applicable to the 21st Century", on 12-13 June 2007 at the Hotel Talleyrand in Paris.
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