mar 12, 1947 - Truman Doctrine

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1947 speech by P. Harry Truman, outlines what the US would do in the case it had to do to reduce the communist influence, mainly in Greece and Turkey, adding on that the US would supply economic and military support to the two countries in order to resist communist overload
The significance of the Teuman doctrine was to show the US's support for the states that were vulnerable to the Soviets and their pursuit in stopping the spread of Communiusm.

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