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Show Truman Doctrine in Greece Successful t. The acting director of the Greek government's office of information ia th United States, in a statement issued ess ths anniversary of ths invasion of Greece by ths axis powers October 28, 1940, called attention to ths fact that Greece todsy for the first time since) thst data cam dare hope for pesos. After nine years of strife sad turmoil, tur-moil, ths director said a new generation of Greeks hopea .to realiss ths "great Bsrtlonal dream of fashioning a model progTiisslvs democracy among ths Red satellite) countries of the middle east and ths Balkans." This reminds ths American people of the fact that, on at least one of ths fronts of the eold war with Russia ws eaa claim a victory. Ths Truman doctrine f helping Greece fight off the Conemis-Bist-fostered guerillas has paid off. The guerillas hsve been defeated, and Greece eaa at last begin ths reel Job of economic eco-nomic rehabilitation. The final successful outcome of the long struggle to repel the Communist threat ia Greece Is a vindication of American foreign policy. But while wo pat ourselves oa the back, aad accept ths thanks of ths Greek people, it is .well for us to remember thst we had some Communist aesietabce in ths matter. mat-ter. A. falling out among the Communists Commu-nists themselves helped greatly to defeat de-feat ths guerillas. ; It was the revolt of Communist Yugoslavia Yugo-slavia against Communist Russia's imperialistic im-perialistic domination, and the resultant split within ths ranks of Greek Commu- .' nist guerillas, which Impelled Tito to shut off all aid to ths guerillas. Had it aot been for thia withdrawal of support, sup-port, ths Greek Communists might be fighting still. There Is one obvious conclusion to all thia. Whether ws liks to accept ths assistance or aot, there hss been a definite defi-nite advantage to us la ths Titoist rebellion. re-bellion. Without our asking for it, aad doing very littls to encourage it. It has already helped ia Greece, It eould pay off elsewhere. It is quite appropriate toe, that, after years of fighting Communist-inspired dissension la the western world, ws are now able to cheer oa gleefully some spontaneous dissension withia ths Communist Com-munist camp. Aad if ws add a littls' fuel to the Communist controversy fire, who eaa blame us? |