President Harry S. Truman of America gave the outline of a Doctrine in his speech to the Joint Session of Congress on March 12, 1947, which is partly reproduced as below. It is called the Truman Doctrine.
"I believe that it must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures. (Containment of Communism)
I believe that we must assist free peoples to work out their own destinies in their own way. (promote Democracy)
I believe that our help should be primarily through economic and financial aid which is essential to economic stability and orderly political processes." (Financial Help)
From above, it can be said that Truman Doctrine was a policy of containment, promotion of democratic government and institution in world and financial help to those countries who faced the possibility of coming under communist ideology.
It was a first set of measures in a series of measures adopted by the United States of America in Post World War II period to contain the spread of communaism which is also known as the containment policy of the United States of America.
The America adopted this policy when Greece approached America for financial assisstance to rebulit her economy which had suffered during the World War II. Earlier Britain had given assistance. But Britian withdrew gradually. Simultaneously, Greece faced the rise of communist violence in the country. Similar situation was emerging in Turkey.
Under the Truman Doctrine America gave financial assistance of 400 million dollars to Greece as well training to technicians and professionals from Greeces upto 1948.
It was part of two sided policy containment adopted at the beigning Cold War. The second side was direct financial support to the European countries under Marshall Plan. Truman Doctrine was considered as a tougher side of the policy.
Reference Source: http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/trudoc.asp
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