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Point Four Program (U.S.)

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: est. 1950

Administrative History

The Point Four Program (est. 1950) was a technical assistance program operated by the United States State Department.

Citation:
Point 4; what it is and how it operates, 1951, surrogate: cover (Department of State, Technical Cooperation Administration) p. 1 (The Point 4 program ... is operated under the direction of the Technical Cooperation Administration)

Point 4 in action; Interior Department's role, 1951, surrogate: p. 2 of cover (on June 5, 1950, the President approved the Act for International Development, authorizing the Point Four Program; ... on September 8, 1950, the Point Four Program became the responsibility of the Department of State, by Executive Order)

OCLC, Sept. 6, 2013 (Translations in Spanish, Portuguese, French, and Arabic of: Point Four : background and program (International Technical Cooperation Act of 1949) / prepared by the Legislative Reference Service, Library of Congress: El Punto Cuatro : programa de asistencia técnica; O ponto quatro : programa de assistência técnica; Le point quatre : programme d'application; al-Nuqṭah al-rābiʻah : barnāmij al-musāʻadāt al-insānīyah al-fannīyah)

Status of Point 4 operations as of January 1, 1952: t.p. (Point 4 Operations, Reports Office, Technical Cooperation Administration, Department of State)

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Point Four Program correspondence, 1951-1955

 Sub-Series
Identifier: UA 514 Series 4 Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents note

BYU correspondence, 1951-1955; U of U correspondence, 1951-1954.

Dates: 1951-1955

Point Four Program files on Iran, 1950-1960

 Series
Identifier: UA 514 Series 4
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Includes personal correspondence, published and unpublished writings, instructional materials relating to his administrative assignments which included U.S. Point Four Program in Iran, the Destiny Fund, and planning a new building for the College of Business.

Dates: 1950-1960

Point Four Program personnel files, correspondence, memos, travel information, 1951-1960

 Sub-Series
Identifier: UA 514 Series 4 Sub-Series 3
Scope and Contents note

Personnel files, including correspondence.

Dates: 1951-1960

Point Four Program reports, 1953-1960

 Sub-Series
Identifier: UA 514 Series 4 Sub-Series 4
Scope and Contents note

Efficiency reports, monthly reports, and completion reports.

Dates: 1953-1960

Point Four Program shipping and travel information, 1951-1956

 Sub-Series
Identifier: UA 514 Series 4 Sub-Series 5
Scope and Contents note

Security forms, applications, rosters, correspondence, memos, travel information, packing and shipping files, local departure instructions, regulations, procedures, financial and cost information, etc.

Dates: 1951-1956

Point Four Program subject and financial files, 1950-1956

 Sub-Series
Identifier: UA 514 Series 4 Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents note

Program correspondence, memos, policies, procedures, rosters, summaries, reports, maps, and newsletters; files for the Nepal Project and the Iran Project, foreign policy breifing, applications, contract information, contracts and amendments, fiscal information, payroll information and claims, salaries, annual/sick/sabbatical leave information; files of the Utah Extension, Educational Exchange, and S.A. Levant Express Transport, personnel files, etc.

Dates: 1950-1956

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