mar 12, 1947 - The Truman Doctrine

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American and British politicians were concerned about events in Greece and Turkey. Previously, Britain had been influential in the area but was no longer in a financial position to support governments who would be pro-Western. Communism had already spread to many of Greece’s neighbours and the Greek Communist Party was becoming ever more popular: there were concerns that Greece would fall to communism next.

The USA was the only Western ally in a financial position to stop this from happening. In March 1947, President Truman made a speech to the US Congress in which he promised that the USA would provide aid to any country taking a stand against communism. This was developed into The Truman Doctrine. The USA was now fully committed to a policy of containment, or stopping the spread of
communism.

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