And then the President enunciated the policy he was recommending to the Congress and the people in these words: I am fully aware of the broad implications involved * * * we shall not realize our objectives. however. unless we are willing to help free peoples to maintain their free institutions and their national integrity against aggressive movements that seek to impose upon them totalitarian regimes. I would remind the Members that when President Truman spoke. the Greek Army was in no shape to put up much of a fight. The terrorists controlled most of the countryside and Government forces had retreated to a shrunken area around the capital. Lines of communications were broken. Refugees from burntout villages were shuffling into Athens. Foreign exchange was exhausted. Prices were out of control.
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