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USU and Point Four in Iran: Beginnings of Point Four
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Beginnings of Point Four
In the years following World War II, the United States began to fear the powerful force of Communism. In an attempt to save supposedly vulnerable nations from falling victim to communism, the United States instituted several new government programs to bring aid. It was from this that the Point Four Program was created.
Point Four was introduced by President Harry Truman in 1949 during his inaugural address. It was an initiative designed to provide “technical assistance” to poor countries—thereby promoting their economy and staving off communist influences.
This program was one of many to be unified under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and become part of what is now the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
