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Events on Wednesday 12 March 1947 1
1947Truman Doctrine announcedThe US pledges support for nations resisting communismOn 12 March 1947, President Harry S. Truman asked Congress for 400 million dollars in aid for Greece and Turkey. He declared that the United States would support free peoples resisting subjugation by armed minorities or outside pressure. The doctrine became the foundation of the American policy of containment in the Cold War.