President Truman announced his policy of containment of communism in his Truman Doctrine on March 12th of 1947. The document directly spoke about Greece and Turkey, both countries that were located in Eastern Europe and trying to resist Soviet influence politically and economically. Truman wanted to provide military and economic help to countries fighting communism, because he believed that communism threatened the peace of the world and of the US. This belief led to the US sending over four hundred million dollars to these countries to aid them in their struggle. The US did this to protect liberty around the world, and set the policy of containment which would prevail during the Cold War.
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