LAD #29: Truman Doctrine

March 12th, 1947 as the Truman Doctrine was presented infront of the Congress, it called to assist both the Greek and Turkish post World War II, with their problems. Faced with Communistic insurgents attempting control, Greece and Turkey needed help to face the dangerous path they were headed towards. As Greece and Turkey had both recently been liberated by the Germans, were in need of an army and strong infrastructure, without which they might collapse! Truman strongly supports their cause and felt they were in desperate need of aid. President Truman asked Congress for $400 million to send to these two countries, in aid to keep them from what would otherwise be an inevitable collapse. He tell Congress that if Greece can just get supplies and money from the United States they will be able to use it with the help of U.S advisors to get out of the poverty and political corruption that they are in. And it is up to the U.S. to save the Turkish Government since the United Nations are unable to aid them before they can escape from the wrath of Communism. As the Presidents first demonstration of his policy of containment, he tried to do whatever possible to keep Communism from spreading. Although the United Nations’ aid and very goal was to save these governments from the spread of Communism, they were too slow in progress to save these nations so quick to fall to these horrible fate. Truman knew this fact and advised the United States’ Congress to pacify and move as quickly as possible. Had the United Nations allowed the Soviets in their slow progress to take over the Greek Government, the charter would be broken and they as well as other nations would fall in their progress.