President Truman introduced the Truman Doctrine on March 12, 1947 stating that the U.S. would support Greece and Turkey with economic and military aid to prevent their falling into the Soviet Sphere. Historians frequently consider to be the start of the Cold War, given that it was the start of the containment policy which was meant to stop the expansion of Soviet influenced. President Truman informed Congress that the Doctrine was "the policy of the United States to support free people who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures." Truman said that these "totalitarian regimes" coerced "free peoples," representing a threat to international peace and the national security of the United States and democracy. If Greece and Turkey did not receive the aid that they were in urgent need of, especially with Greece embroiled in a civil war, though both countries were aided equally to keep tensions at bay, they would inevitably fall to communism. This could not be tolerated by Truman, and with the implementation of the Truman Doctrine, containment began in full swing.
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