responseas expected there were many people who didn't agree with my logic. oppositionSome realized that the insurgency in Greece was supported not by the Soviet Union, but by Yugoslavia’s Tito, who broke with the Soviet communists within a year. SovietsThe Soviets were not demanding control of the Dardanelles, but only assurances that this strategic waterway would not be used by Russia’s enemies as the Nazis had used it during World War II. And whether U.S. assistance would result in democracy in Greece or Turkey was unclear. Indeed, both nations established repressive right-wing regimes in the years following the Truman Doctrine. Yet, the Truman Doctrine successfully convinced many that the United States was locked in a life-or-death struggle with the Soviet Union, and it set the guidelines for years of U.S.-Soviet relations. todayI stood in front of a session of congress to plead my case. my thoughtsI knew what I believed in I just had to try and convince everyone that it is the right thing to do.
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I was informed that the British could no longer furnish the economic and military assistance it had been providing to Greece and Turkey since the end of World War II. What happened Next: Me and my administration believed that both nations were threatened by communism and saw the chance to take a tough stance against the Soviet Union. Greece: leftist forces had been battling the Greek royal government since the end of World War II Turkey: the Soviets were demanding some manner of control over the Dardanelles, territory from which Turkey was able to dominate the strategic waterway from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean. |
infoHarry S. Truman was the 33rd President of the United States posts
July 1950
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