Tag: Truman
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The Defense of Saudi Arabia is Vital to the Defense of the United States
FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES: DIPLOMATIC PAPERS, 1943, THE NEAR EAST AND AFRICA, VOLUME IV Letter by President Roosevelt to the Lend-Lease Administrator (Stettinius) Washington, February 18, 1943. “My Dear Mr. Stettinius: For purposes of implementing the authority conferred upon you as Lend-Lease Administrator by Executive Order No. 8926, dated October 28, 1941, and in order to enable…
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CIA Memo on “Communist Control of Greece”
A few years ago, I wrote an article titled: The Cruelty Behind the Truman Doctrine. I’d like to revisit this Doctrine. The Truman Doctrine was an American foreign policy whose stated purpose was to counter Soviet geopolitical expansion during the Cold War. It was announced to Congress by President Harry S. Truman on March 12,…
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Timeline of U.S. Presidential Foreign Policy Doctrines
Hi, I’d like to review U.S. presidential doctrines throughout history. I think it important to understand just how consistent and unbashfully public American leaders have been about their quest for empire. Monroe Doctrine (1823) The Monroe Doctrine was expressed during President Monroe’s seventh annual message to Congress, December 2, 1823. The statement articulated United States’ policy on the…
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The Cruelty Behind the Truman Doctrine
The Truman Doctrine was an American foreign policy whose stated purpose was to counter Soviet geopolitical expansion during the Cold War. It was announced to Congress by President Harry S. Truman on March 12, 1947, and further developed on July 4, 1948, when he pledged to contain threats in Greece and Turkey. Here are the…
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Ho Chi Minh Falls for U.S. Propaganda
From 1945-1946, Ho Chi Minh and his government reached out to the United States on numerous occasions to ask for help in resolving the problem of Indochina. Ho forwarded to the Secretary of State the DRV Declaration of Independence, Bao Dai’s abdication rescript, general DRV foreign policy declarations, and its expressed position on the war…
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The Pentagon Papers – A Detailed Summary of the First Three Volumes
Hi. I wanted to share some of the key statements from the first three volumes of the Pentagon Papers. This will give you a strong foundation when discussing the Vietnam War. MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE DATE: 15 January 1969SUBJECT: Final Report, OSD Vietnam Task Force On June 17, 1967, Secretary Robert S. McNamara directed…
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NSC-68: Birth of the Military Industrial Complex
National Security Council Paper NSC-68 (entitled “United States Objectives and Programs for National Security” and frequently referred to as NSC-68) was a Top-Secret report completed by the U.S. Department of State and Department of Defense and presented to President Truman on April 7, 1950. The memorandum, declassified until 1975, is among the most influential documents composed…