{"record":{"affiliations":[{"polityId":"polity-3fcc9adb88012825729f2b2c","sourceIds":["growth-person-27ae9c342dfdcaa50bb20a22-secretary-marshall-george-catlett"]}],"aliases":["George Catlett Marshall","George Marshall"],"appointmentIds":[],"appointmentsDataset":"https://chanceries.org/diplomats.json","archivalSources":[],"canonicalUrl":"https://chanceries.org/diplopedia/people/person-27ae9c342dfdcaa50bb20a22-fb6e60e4ea/","countrySlug":null,"countrySlugs":["china","france","germany","united-kingdom","russia","japan"],"entityId":"https://chanceries.org/diplopedia/people/person-27ae9c342dfdcaa50bb20a22-fb6e60e4ea/#person","eventIds":[],"expandedParagraphs":["George C. Marshall served as Secretary of State under Harry S. Truman from 1947 to 1949. A career Army officer and Army chief of staff during the Second World War, he had organized the expansion of American ground forces and coordinated Allied military operations. Before entering the State Department, he led an unsuccessful mission to mediate between the Chinese Nationalists and Communists in 1945–1946.","Marshall’s principal initiative as secretary was the European Recovery Program, widely known as the Marshall Plan. He publicly proposed American support for European economic recovery in June 1947 and worked to secure congressional authorization and funding. The program tied reconstruction to European cooperation and to the American effort to prevent political instability from strengthening communist movements. Its implementation began in 1948.","His department also negotiated the Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance and laid groundwork for the North Atlantic alliance. NATO’s treaty was signed after he left office, under Dean Acheson. Marshall generally worked closely with Truman but strongly disagreed with the president over immediate American recognition of Israel in 1948. He resigned as secretary in January 1949, later returned as secretary of defense during the Korean War, and received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1953. His diplomatic reputation rests above all on organizing a large reconstruction program rather than a military settlement alone."],"id":"global:person-27ae9c342dfdcaa50bb20a22","identifiers":{},"identityScope":"global","legacyPersonIds":[],"legacyUrl":"https://chanceries.org/diplomat-fb6e60e4eaa4d1bc1a52.html","name":"George C. Marshall","notes":[],"paragraphSources":[["growth-person-27ae9c342dfdcaa50bb20a22-secretary-marshall-george-catlett"],["growth-person-27ae9c342dfdcaa50bb20a22-secretary-marshall-george-catlett"],["growth-person-27ae9c342dfdcaa50bb20a22-secretary-marshall-george-catlett"]],"profileUrl":"diplomat-fb6e60e4eaa4d1bc1a52.html","relatedEvents":[],"relatedPeople":[],"relationships":[],"researchStatus":"reviewed","reviewedOn":"2026-11-04","revision":"f10fe93ce6702c7f","sources":[{"accessedOn":"2026-11-04","date":"","id":"growth-person-27ae9c342dfdcaa50bb20a22-secretary-marshall-george-catlett","locator":"Introduction, Rise to Prominence, Influence on American Diplomacy, and service chronology","publisher":"U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian","title":"Biographies of the Secretaries of State: George C. Marshall","type":"institutional","url":"https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/marshall-george-catlett"}],"topics":[]},"schemaVersion":1}