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  2. Greek and Turkish Assistance Act of 1947 - Wikipedia

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    Harry Truman, President of the United States who advocated for the Greek and Turkish Assistance Act as part of the broader Truman Doctrine. The Greek and Turkish Assistance Act was a bill enacted into law on May 22, 1947. This bill was introduced in the Senate by Senator Arthur Vandenberg of Michigan.

  3. Truman Doctrine - Wikipedia

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    Truman argued that if Greece and Turkey did not receive the aid, they would inevitably fall out of the United States' sphere of influence and into the communist bloc, with grave consequences throughout the region. The Truman Doctrine was informally extended to become the basis of American Cold War policy throughout Europe and around the world. [5]

  4. Saving Freedom - Wikipedia

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    Saving Freedom: Truman, The Cold War, and the Fight for Western Civilization, the fourth book by MSNBC Cable news host and former U.S. Representative Joe Scarborough, recounts the historic forces that navigated Harry Truman to begin America's historic battle against the threat of Soviet Communism and how a little known president built an enduring coalition that would use the Truman Doctrine to ...

  5. United States presidential doctrines - Wikipedia

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    Truman made the proclamation in an address to Congress on March 12, 1947 amid the crisis of the Greek Civil War (1946–1949). [11] Truman insisted that if Greece and Turkey did not receive the aid that they needed, they would inevitably fall to communism with consequences throughout the region.

  6. August 1946 - Wikipedia

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    The "Truman Doctrine" was announced by U.S. President Harry S. Truman, who told Turkey's President İsmet İnönü that the United States would provide its assistance to help Turkey resist Soviet demands for control of the Dardanelles straits. Over the next year, Truman lobbied Congress to provide more than $400,000,000 in aid to both Turkey ...

  7. Foreign policy of the Harry S. Truman administration - Wikipedia

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    Eleanor Roosevelt wrote Truman in April 1947 calling him to rely on the UN instead of his Truman Doctrine. She denounced Greece and Turkey because they were undemocratic. Truman needing support from the Roosevelt's liberal wing, wrote her that while he held onto his long-term hopes for the United Nations, he insisted that and an "economically ...

  8. Jordan Creek Town Center's Cinemark 20 temporarily closed ...

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    The Cinemark 20 movie theater at Jordan Creek Town Center may remain closed for a few more days after a power transformer blew Aug. 9. KCCI-TV reported that the transformer failed the night of Aug ...

  9. The Crump Theatre - Wikipedia

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    The movie showed workers leaving the Reeves and Company factory and the Columbus Fire Department driving up Washington Street. [12] The official date recognized by Crump Theatre personnel at the time, however, was Thanksgiving Day, 26 November 1914, with the showing of "When Broadway Was A Trail," and "In The Lion's Den". [11]