Harry Truman actually said...

It is my firm belief that the expansion of the North Atlantic Treaty at this time to include Greece and Turkey--two countries which have been collaborating so effectively with the other members of the free world in building the structure of peace--is a requisite step in the furtherance of the Treaty's objectives.

Context

Special Message to the Senate Transmitting Protocol to the North Atlantic Treaty on the Accession of Greece and Turkey

01/09/1952

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