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On the occasion of signing the Act, President Truman declared that
Its passage is a striking manifestation of the fact that a bipartisan foreign policy can lead to effective action. It is even more striking in its proof that swift and vigorous action for peace is not incompatible with the full operation of our democratic process of discussion and debate. Those who are sceptical of the effectiveness of a democratic system should ponder the lesson of the enactment of this measure.1
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3 ECA and OEEC: The First Year (pp. 27–43)
P. H. Gore-Booth, ‘U.S. Foreign Assistance Act: Possible Difficulties’, 30 April 1948, FO 371 /7 1754.
Eric Roll, Crowded Hours (1985) p. 68.
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Pelling, H. (1988). ECA and OEEC: The First Year. In: Britain and the Marshall Plan. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-19609-8_3
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