Cards (4)

  • what was it
    another expression of fear of communism
  • when was it announced
    March 1947
  • referred to the prosepct of communist governments being installed in Greece and Turkey
    • the US president declared that 'it must be the policy of the United States to support free people who are dominated by armed minorities or by ouside pressures'
    • soviet politicians were irritated by this statement as they found it very threatnening