An Act to provide that any future payments by the Republic of Finland on the principal or interest of its debt of the First World War to the United States shall be used to provide educational and technical instruction and training in the United States for citizens of Finland and American books and technical equipment for institutions of higher education in Finland, and to provide opportunities for American citizens to carry out academic and scientific enterprises in Finland.
The Finnish Educational Exchange Act was penned as three sections supporting the auspices for financial funding while incorporating applicable provisions of the United States Educational Exchange Act of 1948.
63 STAT 630 § 1
Finland use of future war debt payments for foreign academic exchange programs
Availability and provision of financial funds for Finnish educational exchange program
Special deposit account disbursements made by the Division of Disbursement of the Treasury Department as vouchers certified by U.S. Department of State
Archival Documents of U.S. Department of State[edit]
☆ "All Educational Exchange Activities from July 1 to December 31, 1948" [Dilemma Considerations with Educational Exchange in Eastern Europe]. 1949 First Report, U.S. Advisory Commission on Educational Exchange. U.S. Department of State ~ U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy. United States Government Printing Office: 8, 12–15. February 7, 1949.
☆ "Department of State Policy Statement: Finland". Office of the Historian ~ Foreign Service Institute. Foreign Relations of the United States, 1949, Eastern Europe; The Soviet Union, Volume V, Document 269. United States Department of State. December 1, 1949.
☆ "Finnish War-Debt Program". 1950 Second Report, U.S. Advisory Commission on Educational Exchange. U.S. Department of State ~ U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy. United States Government Printing Office: 2, 11. January 3, 1950.
☆ "The Department of State's Conduct of the Fininish Program". 1951 Fifth Report, U.S. Advisory Commission on Educational Exchange. U.S. Department of State ~ U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy. United States Government Printing Office: 2, 6, 8–9. April 6, 1951.
"World War II and Aftermath Agencies". U.S. Foreign Affairs Research ~ Department of State WWII Related Records. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.