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- 1996 Feb (Creation)
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Typescript transcript of interview with George Crews McGhee, Co-ordinator for aid to Greece and Turkey, US State Department, 1947-1949, Special Assistant to Dean Gooderham Acheson, US Secretary of State, 1949, US Ambassador, Chief American Mission for Aid to Turkey, 1951-1953, Consultant, US National Security Council, 1958-1959, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, 1961-1963, and US Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany, 1963-1968, relating to the development of US policy on aid to Greece and Turkey, Jan-Feb 1947, and the significance of the provision of US military and economic aid for any country threatened by Communism, announced by Harry S Truman, US President, 1945-1953, in a speech to Congress, Mar 1947; the development of the Marshall Plan for European reconstruction, 1948; the rebuilding of the Pireaus Harbour and Corinth Canal, Greece (1948); communist perception of the Marshall Plan; the visit of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, US President, 1961-1963, to Germany and Berlin, Jun 1963, and the German admiration for him; McGhee's opinion of the US policy on Vietnam and the decision to send in US troops, 1965; and his opinion on the causes of the cold war. 44pp
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