The Truman Doctrine arose from a speech delivered by President Truman before a joint session of Congress on March 12, 1947. The Truman Doctrine is “the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures. The immediate cause for the speech was a recent announcement by the British Government that, as of March 31, it would no longer provide military and economic assistance to the Greek Government in its civil war against the Greek Communist Party. Truman asked Congress to support the Greek Government against the Communists. He also asked Congress to provide assistance for Turkey, since that nation had previously been dependent on British aid. The reason President Truman made this request was due to the United States belief that the Soviet Union had joined forces with the Greek Communist in their war efforts. (Randolph) President Truman was concerned that the Communists would prevail and further have an opportunity to influence Greek policies. As a result of the declining relationship, President Truman seized the opportunity to revive America’s foreign policy. During the joint session of Congress President Truman requested Congress provide $400,000,000 worth of aid to both the Greek and Turkish Governments and support the dispatch of American civilian and military personnel and equipment to the region. During his speech he gave two solid reasons for his request; first argument dealt with the Communists gaining victory over the Greeks in their Civil War. President Truman believed if the Communists Party won that victory would endanger turkey’s political stability. (Randolph) As a result of the Truman Doctrine a plan call the Marshall Plan was implemented with intended goal of containing communism, which ended up helping Europe’s economy get revived. The plan