jan 5, 1957 - Eisenhower Doctrine

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-President Eisenhower gives a speech entitled "Special Message to the Congress on the Situation in the Middle East" that stated that while the Eisenhower administration was in power, any Middle Eastern country could request assistance from the US, in the form of either economic aid or military aid, if it was being threatened by armed aggression.
-Eisenhower explicitly mentions "international communism" within the speech, likely to distinguish himself from Truman and suggest that he will continue being "tough on communism"
-It likely increased tensions for the same reasons the Truman Doctrine increased tensions as the aims and means were quite similar

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