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Truman Doctrine

President Harry S. Truman addressing a Joint Session of Congress, the Truman Doctrine speech

President Harry S. Truman addressing a Joint Session of the 80th Congress, requesting aid for Greece and Turkey (Truman Doctrine). On the front row, lower right foreground, from left to right are Cabinet Secretaries John Snyder, Dean Acheson, Robert Patterson, Tom Clark, James Forrestal, Clinton Anderson, W. Averell Harriman, and Lewis Schwellenbach.

Greek Insurgents

Greek insurgents during Greek civil war, ca. 1947. President Harry S. Truman's Truman Doctrine speech (March 12, 1947) was in support of the Greek government against the Communist insurrection. From: Photos used in the 1984 Truman Centennial Exhibit. National Archives Photo Number: 306NT-1095-30.