Read this excerpt from President Truman’s speech to Congress about the Truman Doctrine on May 12, 1947, to answer the question.

At the time, the Soviet Union had threatened Greece and Turkey with its military actions. Choose the highlighted example that shows what the U. S. plans to do in response.

I believe that it must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures.

I believe that we must assist free peoples to work out their own destinies in their own way.

(option A) *I believe that our help should be primarily through economic and financial aid which is essential to economic stability and orderly political processes.*

(option B)*The world is not static, and the status quo is not sacred. But we cannot allow changes in the status quo in violation of the Charter of the United Nations* by such methods as coercion, or by such subterfuges as political infiltration. In helping free and independent nations to maintain their freedom, the United States will be giving effect to the principles of the Charter of the United Nations.

(option C)*It is necessary only to glance at a map to realize that the survival and integrity of the Greek nation are of grave importance in a much wider situation.* If Greece should fall under the control of an armed minority, the effect upon its neighbor, Turkey, would be immediate and serious. (option D)*Confusion and disorder might well spread throughout the entire Middle East.*