Edwin Plowden and Douglas Allen (JMAS-67)

Edwin Plowden and Douglas Allen

Document date: 15 June 1964

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HAEU Reference Code

JMAS-67

Original Reference Code

HST LIBARY, ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEWS

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7

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Paper

Reference Archivists

Carr, Mary

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Abstract

Interview with Lord Edwin Plowden, chief planning officer of the Economic Planning Board 1947-1953 and Head of Treasury Planning Staff, and his assistant Douglas Allen, speak of Committee established at the NATO conference 1951 to formulate a military programme, with Averell Harriman as Chairman and with Jean Monnet and Plowden as vice-Chairmen. The Committee was temporary and compensated for lack of power in OEEC and therefore pushed some of the emphasis of the economic discussions away from the OEEC into NATO this was due also to the fact that economic work was connected with defense programmes. They speak also of success of European Recovery Programme.

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English

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Textual

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The originals are held in various Archives and Presidential Libraries in the USA

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Historical Archives of the European Union