LAD #29: Truman Doctrine

In the Truman Doctrine, President Harry S. Truman made a speech to congress urging them to help pass legislation in order to save several eatern european nations from the advancing control of communism. among these nations were Greece and Turkey. Both nations had suffered terribly from the war. They were unable to come up with the funds needed to support the democratic government that they wanted. They did not even have enough food for eating. They asked the United States for help not only economically but also ideologically. They wanted the American economists and agricultural leaders to come to their countries and help them strengthen their farming and economy as well. Truman felt that it was necessary to help these nations in order to prevent them from falling to communism.