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The future of Italy hangs in the balance and one cannot image a regenerated Europe without a strong F-range. 5) Of what does Churchill declare to be convinced ‘ from what I have seen of our Russian friends and allies during the war? He is convinced that there is nothing they admire so much as strength, and there is nothing for which they have less respect than for military weakness. The Truman Doctrine 1) What did Truman tell Congress the United States had received from the Greek Governments? The United States received from the Greek government an urgent appeal for financial and economic assistance. ) What did the President declare threatened the very existence of the Greek state? The very existence of the Greek state is today threatened by the terrorist activities of several thousand armed men, led by Communists, who fey the government’s authority at a number Of points, particularly along the northern boundaries. 3) Why did the President believe it essential to maintain Turkeys national integrity? The future of Turkey as an independent and economically sound state. 4) List the two alternative ways of life the President declared ‘nearly every nation must choose between?
One way of life is based upon the will of the majority, and is distinguished by free institutions, representative governments, free elections, guarantees of individual liberty, freedom of speech and religion, and freedom from political oppression. The second way f life is based upon the will of a minority forcibly imposed upon the majority. It relies upon terror and oppression, a controlled press and radio, fixed elections and the suppression of personal freedoms. 5) What did President Truman state fit must be the policy of the United States’ to do?
He believes that it must be the policy of the Ignited States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures. The Marshall Plan 1) Why is the situation in Europe difficult for Americans to understand? One difficulty is that the problem is one of such enormous complexity that the ere mass of facts presented to the public by press and radio make it exceedingly difficult for the man in the street to reach a clear presentment of the situation.