Word: turkish
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...principal talk of the meetings, former Vice-President Wallace called for a referral of the Greek and Turkish situations to the United Nations...
Senators Vandenberg and Connally suggested a preamble to the Greek-Turkish loan legislation which would make it clear that the U.S. was acting only as an agency of U.N. and "in conformity with the principles and purposes of the Charter...
Said Secretary Acheson: "This is a dangerous life and a dangerous world. I would choose a vigorous attempt to maintain the independence of Greece rather than let it go by default. ... If we do not accede to the [Greek and Turkish] requests ... for aid, there will be a strong conviction that a great deal of our professions are merely words...
...recommended was an immediate $400,000,000. In addition, he asked Congress to "authorize the detail of American civilian and military personnel" as advisers and supervisors of the fund (see below). In addition: "I recommend that authority also be provided for the instruction and training of selected Greek and Turkish personnel." He did not guarantee that his requests would stop there. On the contrary...
...look was depressing. The two houses had yet to agree on a budget ceiling, and their conferees had not even met. The Senate was logjammed. Portal pay, atomic-energy nominations, sugar rationing and aid for displaced persons were all ahead of the Greek-Turkish question, and yet the leadership wanted action on this within two weeks...