GARIOA

Government and Relief in Occupied Areas ( GARIOA ) was since 1946 a U.S. aid program after the Second World War for the occupied countries Japan, Austria and occupied by the Allies zones in Germany.

Germany received GARIOA assistance between July 1946 and March 1950. The JCS 1067 was valid until July 1947, it was therefore prohibited from using GARIOA to import raw materials for industry.

Austria received the GARIOA help only in the U.S. occupation zone.

The aid was spent mainly in the form of food to avoid starvation of the population. The rations were deficient in the composition and remained far below the minimum recommended amount of nutrition. Officials explained that the distributed food rations " would lead fairly rapid starvation " to a ( Represented a fairly rapid starvation level ).

The aids were billed as the later Marshall Plan, the occupied countries. 1953 amounted to 3.3 billion dollars for West Germany, but it was decided in the same year that it only $ 1.1 billion must be repaid. The amount was paid off until 1971.

Private organizations such as the ICRC were forbidden by the Allies the support of German food, but this ban was lifted in early 1946 (see CRALOG ).

In the spring of 1946, the ICRC was finally allowed prisoners of war in the U.S. zone of occupation to visit and distribute a limited amount of food aid.