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Marshall Plan Convention 1948

US Secretary of State George C. Marshall (L, 1880-1959) is pictured during a reception at London US embassy on November 02, 1948 with (L to R) Mrs Churchill, wife of US Ambassador in Great Britain Mrs Lewis Douglas, Mrs James Douglas, US Ambassador in Great Britain Lewis Douglas, Miss Sharman Douglas, James Douglas, Mrs George Marshall and former British Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill.
After the conference in Moscow with British, French, and Soviet counterparts in March-April 1947, US Secretary of State George C. Marshall had observed the growing economic collapse of Europe and the obvious intent of Soviet Russia to benefit from that collapse. He had returned to Washington thinking that the best way to avoid this was to prevent Europe's economic, social, and political deterioration by creating a European program with massive assistance from the United States. One year later, in April 1948, President Truman, a Democratic president, signed the Foreign Assistance Act, passed by a Republican controlled Congress, to establish what became known as the Marshall Plan. / AFP PHOTO / RENE HELIER

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Landing a Replica of Wrights Flyer 3

French Jean-Franois Jacquelin pilots a replica of US aviation pioneer Wilbur Wright's Flyer 3, during an homage flight to Wright in the presence of his great grand-niece Amanda Wright Lane (not pictured), 20 June 2006 on Le Mans aerodrome. Volunteers of Le Mans Sarthe Aero Retro association worked for more than 10, 000 hours during 4 years to built the replica of the plane that Wilbur Wright used 08 August 1908 to beat the first flight distance record there during his stay in western France. AFP PHOTO Jean Franois MONIER / AFP PHOTO / JEAN-FRANCOIS MONIER

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Animaux-Phoques

: "LES PHOQUES, UNE COLONIE DE MIGRANTS QUI PROSPERE EN BAIE DE SOMME" - Photo prise en 2002 d'un phoque adulte nageant en baie de somme au large du Hourdel qui beneficie de son statut de reserve naturelle. Completement disparus apres-guerre des suites d'une chasse intensive pour la fourrure et la graisse, les phoques sont revenus petit a petit en baie de Somme dans les annees 80, fruit des efforts perseverants de l'Association Picardie-Nature, dont responsable et benevoles patrouillent sans relache par terre et par mer pour que cette colonie prospere. PHOTO AFP LAETITIA DUPUIS / AFP PHOTO / LAETITIA DUPUIS

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