Archive Report
Archive Report
Point IV and Foreign Economic Development
Possible Role of Guaranties in “Bold New Program”
When President Truman enunciated the now celebrated Point Four of his inaugural address, it was assumed in some quarters that the “bold new program … for the improvement and growth of underdeveloped areas” would bring forth a fresh outpouring of American government grants and loans to other nations. To dispel such illusions, Secretary of State Acheson pointed out at a press conference, Jan. 26, that the President had not said that the capital which it was hoped would flow into development projects in foreign countries was to be government capital. Since then, other spokesmen have sought to make it doubly clear that the administration will look mainly to private capital to meet ...