Answer:
The U.S. received an urgent appeal for financial and economic assistance from Greece. He
says the Greek state is threatened by terrorists led by the communists.It is his belief that if one nation falls to communism, others will fall as well. He believed that
if they contained it where it was at this moment, they would be able to contain it from there
on out.
Explanation:
It is described as a defensive action that the United States could take to prevent the Soviet Union
from growing and possibly creating a bigger war in the future. He describes it this way because the
U.S. just finished fighting two world wars, and he knows public opinion would be against instigating a
war. Also, it makes the Soviets the aggressors, and the world looks negatively on aggressors
