The Real Truman Doctrine and Its Consequences

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The Real Truman Doctrine and Its Consequences
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By Francis P. Sempa
April 21, 2020
 
On March 12, 1947, U.S. President Harry Truman announced what commentators and historians have ever since called the “Truman Doctrine.” The immediate purpose of Truman’s speech was to persuade Congress to provide economic assistance to Greece and Turkey in the early years of the Cold War. The British had informed the State Department that they lacked the resources to continue aiding both countries. Truman’s rhetoric, however, vastly exceeded that limited goal. “It must be the policy of the United States,” he said, “to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities and outside pressures.”

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