USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Truman asked for $400 million in military and economic assistance for Greece and Turkey and established a policy, aptly characterized as the Truman Doctrine.

Detailed explanation-2: -The “containment policy” was the U.S. approach to containing, or preventing, the spread of Communism after World War II. The idea was to make other countries prosperous enough to avoid the temptation of communism. An early test of containment came in Greece and Turkey.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1947, President Harry S. Truman pledged that the United States would help any nation resist communism in order to prevent its spread. His policy of containment is known as the Truman Doctrine.

Detailed explanation-4: -In May 1947, two months after Truman’s request, a large majority of Congress approved $400 million in military and economic aid to Greece and Turkey. Increased American aid helped defeat the KKE, after interim defeats for government forces from 1946 to 1948.

Detailed explanation-5: -Greece was in a civil war as Communist rebels were trying to overthrow the government, while Communist guerrillas were also threatening Turkey. Concerned by this, Senator Arthur Vandenberg introduced the Greek and Turkish Assistance Act, in order to provide aid to these countries and contain Communism in them.