此资料由网络收集而来，如有侵权请告知上传者立即删除。资料共分享，我们负责传递知识。名人英语演讲HarryS.Truman:"TheTrumanDoctrine"Mr.President,Mr.Speaker,MembersoftheCongressoftheUnitedStates:ThegravityofthesituationwhichconfrontstheworldtodaynecessitatesmyappearancebeforeajointsessionoftheCongress.Theforeignpolicyandthenationalsecurityofthiscountryareinvolved.Oneaspectofthepresentsituation,whichIpresenttoyouatthistimeforyourconsiderationanddecision,concernsGreeceandTurkey.TheUnitedStateshasreceivedfromtheGreekGovernmentanurgentappealforfinancialandeconomicassistance.PreliminaryreportsfromtheAmericanEconomicMissionnowinGreeceandreportsfromtheAmericanAmbassadorinGreececorroboratethestatementoftheGreekGovernmentthatassistanceisimperativeifGreeceistosurviveasafreenation.IdonotbelievethattheAmericanpeopleandtheCongresswishtoturnadeafeartotheappealoftheGreekGovernment.Greeceisnotarichcountry.LackofsufficientnaturalresourceshasalwaysforcedtheGreekpeopletoworkhardtomakebothendsmeet.Since1940,thisindustrious,peacelovingcountryhassufferedinvasion,fouryearsofcruelenemyoccupation,andbitterinternalstrife.WhenforcesofliberationenteredGreecetheyfoundthattheretreatingGermanshaddestroyedvirtuallyalltherailways,roads,portfacilities,communications,andmerchantmarine.Morethanathousandvillageshadbeenburned.Eighty-fivepercentofthechildrenweretubercular.Livestock,poultry,anddraftanimalshadalmostdisappeared.Inflationhadwipedoutpracticallyallsavings.Asa此资料由网络收集而来，如有侵权请告知上传者立即删除。资料共分享，我们负责传递知识。resultofthesetragicconditions,amilitantminority,exploitinghumanwantandmisery,wasabletocreatepoliticalchaoswhich,untilnow,hasmadeeconomicrecoveryimpossible.Greeceistodaywithoutfundstofinancetheimportationofthosegoodswhichareessentialtobaresubsistence.Underthesecircumstances,thepeopleofGreececannotmakeprogressinsolvingtheirproblemsofreconstruction.Greeceisindesperateneedoffinancialandeconomicassistancetoenableittoresumepurchasesoffood,clothing,fuel,andseeds.Theseareindispensableforthesubsistenceofitspeopleandareobtainableonlyfromabroad.Greecemusthavehelptoimportthegoodsnecessarytorestoreinternalorderandsecurity,soessentialforeconomicandpoliticalrecovery.TheGreekGovernmenthasalsoaskedfortheassistanceofexperiencedAmericanadministrators,economists,andtechnicianstoinsurethatthefinancialandotheraidgiventoGreeceshallbeusedeffectivelyincreatingastableandself-sustainingeconomyandinimprovingitspublicadministration.TheveryexistenceoftheGreekstateistodaythreatenedbytheterroristactivitiesofseveralthousandarmedmen,ledbyCommunists,whodefythegovernment'sauthorityatanumberofpoints,particularlyalongthenorthernboundaries.ACommissionappointedbytheUnitedNationssecurityCouncilisatpresentinvestigatingdisturbedconditionsinnorthernGreeceandallegedborderviolationsalongthefrontiersbetweenGreeceontheonehandandAlbania,Bulgaria,andYugoslaviaontheother.Meanwhile,theGreekGovernmentisunabletocopewiththesituation.TheGreekarmyissmallandpoorlyequipped.Itneeds此资料由网络收集而来，如有侵权请告知上传者立即删除。资料共分享，我们负责传递知识。suppliesandequipmentifitistorestoreauthorityofthegovernmentthroughoutGreekterritory.Greecemusthaveassistanceifitistobecomeaself-supportingandself-respectingdemocracy.TheUnitedStatesmustsupplythisassistance.WehavealreadyextendedtoGreececertaintypesofreliefandeconomica...
