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-Implemented when GB decided to pull out of Greece
-400 mil dollars pledged to Greece and Turkey to prevent expansion of communism
-It became a mantra for american policy throughout the world to stop the spread of communism
- “Line in the Sand”
-George C Marshall secretary of state proposed aid to rebuild western Europe
-Sixteen nations applied for the aid to be handed out over 4 years
-Helped limit expansion of communism
-The US blocked aid until Czechoslovakia was taken over in 1948
-400 mil dollars pledged to Greece and Turkey to prevent expansion of communism
-It became a mantra for american policy throughout the world to stop the spread of communism
- “Line in the Sand”
-George C Marshall secretary of state proposed aid to rebuild western Europe
-Sixteen nations applied for the aid to be handed out over 4 years
-Helped limit expansion of communism
-The US blocked aid until Czechoslovakia was taken over in 1948