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Harry Truman: The assistance that I am recommending for Greece and Turkey amounts to little more than 1/10 of 1 percent of this…

On the recordMarch 11, 1947
The assistance that I am recommending for Greece and Turkey amounts to little more than 1/10 of 1 percent of this investment.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Special Message to the Congress on Greece and Turkey: The Truman Doctrine

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