Contain Communism
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In 1947, in an effort to halt, or contain, the advance of communism in Europe, and especially
in Greece and Turkey, President Truman announced the policy known as the Truman Doctrine,
by which the United States furnished military and economic aid to countries threatened by
aggression and subversion ....
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.... President Truman also implemented the Point Four Program to aid developing nations in Asia,
Africa, and Latin America.1
Truman Doctrine, policy first set forth by United States President Harry S. Truman in 1947.
The immediate objective of the policy was to send U.S. aid to anti-Communist forces in
Greece and Turkey, but it was later expanded to justify support for any nation that the United
States government believed was threatened by Communism during the Cold War period.2
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