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Establishment of the German Marshall Fund
On June 5, 1972, the twenty-fifth anniversary of the announcement of the Marshall Plan, West German Chancellor Willy Brandt (1913-1992) delivered an address at Harvard University commemorating Marshall's speech. After reviewing the significance of the Marshall Plan and the programs it fostered for European recovery and development, Brandt announced the creation of a Marshall Plan memorial--The German Marshall Fund of the United States.
In his speech, Brandt called the fund "an expression of our special gratitude for the American decision in 1947 not to keep us out." Financed by the German government but operating independently in the United States, the fund was established to promote American-European study and research projects. It also funds exchange programs for American and German scholars.
"Thanking America," June 5, 1972,
pp. 1-2.
Typescript.
Averell Harriman Papers,
Manuscript Division (14)
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