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TRUMAN DOCTRINE --> MARSHALL PLAN (GB withdrawal from Greece (Truman…
TRUMAN DOCTRINE --> MARSHALL PLAN
Communist activities
IRAN
TURKEY
GREECE
GB withdrawal from Greece
Truman concerned, decided urgent action was needed
However there was concern about the reaction of the public and congress (isolation)
Therefore Truman exaggerated the threat posed by Communism
Set out in Truman Doctrine
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Views put forward+ request of $400 million in order to save Greece
Congress agreed
Influence of Truman Doctrine extended beyond Eastern Mediterranean
situation in Europe present throughout Europe (poverty)
throughout spring and summer of 1947 the situation in W Europe became worse
Marshall returned to Europe 1947- worried
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France and Italy
communist activities
economies on verge of collapse
Marshall met with Stalin
Concerned he was waiting for economies to collapse
poverty=breeding ground of communism
"The patient is sinking whilst the doctor is deliberating"
financial aid =urgent
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part of policy of containment
two halves of same walnut