The ship John H. Quick arrives in Bordeaux, France, carrying the first Marshall Plan aid to arrive in Europe. US Ambassador to France, Jefferson Caffery, speaks at the microphone in a ceremony upon its arrival. The John H. Quick had departed from Galveston, TX, on April 17.
This is a 2-tape set of Dr. Philip C. Brooks, Director of the Harry S. Truman Library, doing numerous beginnings of interviews in 1963 and 1964 with individuals connected to the Marshall Plan and the European Recovery Program in their respective countries. Dr. Brooks mentions that he is starting and stopping a tape recorder at times. Dr. Brooks tells the date and location when he begins an interview. He interviews people in Italy, Germany, France, Greece, London, The Hague, Denmark, Norway, and Belgium. None of the excerpts lasts longer than 5 minutes.