Economic Cooperation Administration

The Economic Cooperation Administration (ECA) was a U.S. government agency set up in 1948 to administer the Marshall Plan.

The agency's first head was Paul G. Hoffman, a former leader of car manufacturer Studebaker; he was succeeded by William Chapman Foster in 1950.

[1] The rest of the organization was also headed by major business figures such as Arthur A. Kimball (who was a key contributor to the ECA's founding) as well as David K.E.

Bruce (who worked at the Office of Strategic Services in Europe during World War II).

In theory the ECA served as joint administrator of the Marshall Plan development projects in each European country.

One of a number of posters created by the Economic Cooperation Administration to promote the Marshall Plan in Europe. The flags, as depicted clockwise from the top, are those of Portugal , Norway , Belgium , Iceland , West Germany , the Free Territory of Trieste (erroneously with a blue background instead of red), Italy , Denmark , Austria , the Netherlands , Ireland , Sweden , Turkey , Greece , France , and the United Kingdom .