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Indeed: https://www.politico.com/story/2013/11/harry-truman-requests-aid-to-yugoslavia-nov-14-1951-099817 https://www.politico.com/story/2013/11/harry-truman-r

by acqq 3y ago

Indeed: https://www.politico.com/story/2013/11/harry-truman-requests-aid-to-yugoslavia-nov-14-1951-099817 https://www.politico.com/story/2013/11/harry-truman-requests... "The United States then began inching closer to Tito, supporting his regime rhetorically, economically and, finally, militarily, in order to ensure that Yugoslavia would remain out of the Soviet orbit. Throughout the Cold War, American officials saw in Tito a useful example of a communist leader who was not under the Kremlin’s thumb." ... "With congressional assent, the United States and Yugoslavia signed a bilateral military agreement in November 1951 that tacitly incorporated Yugoslavia into NATO’s defensive web."

acqq 3y ago
Cold War Diplomacy - Defense Treaties of the United States https://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/mutdef.asp https://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/mutdef.asp (in 1949-1951) - 1949 - NATO Treaty; April 4 - 1951 - Defense of Greenland: Agreement Between the United States and the Kingdom of Denmark, April 27 - 1951 - Defense of Iceland: Agreement Between the United States and the Republic of Iceland, May 5 - 1951 - Mutual Defense Treaty Between the United States and the Republic of the Philippines; August 30 - 1951 - Security Treaty Between the United States, Australia, and New Zealand (ANZUS); September 1 - 1951 - Military Facilities in the Azores: Agreement Between Portugal and the United States, September 6 - 1951 - Security Treaty Between the United States and Japan; September 8 - 1951 - Military Assistance Agreement Between the United States and Yugoslavia, November 14
thriftwy 3y ago
Soviet > A communist. Yugoslav > An unfaithful communist. These good relations with USA did real good when their country was obliterated to shreds when it was no longer needed. Sigh.
- acqq 3y ago
  > These good relations with USA did real good when their country was obliterated to shreds when it was no longer needed. The US had these teachers: "We have no eternal allies, and we have no perpetual enemies. Our interests are eternal and perpetual, and those interests it is our duty to follow." https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191826719.001.0001/q-oro-ed4-00008130 https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/978019... Always new counties which have to experience that.

by acqq 3y ago

acqq 3y ago

Cold War Diplomacy - Defense Treaties of the United States https://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/mutdef.asp https://avalon.law.yale.edu/subject_menus/mutdef.asp (in 1949-1951) - 1949 - NATO Treaty; April 4 - 1951 - Defense of Greenland: Agreement Between the United States and the Kingdom of Denmark, April 27 - 1951 - Defense of Iceland: Agreement Between the United States and the Republic of Iceland, May 5 - 1951 - Mutual Defense Treaty Between the United States and the Republic of the Philippines; August 30 - 1951 - Security Treaty Between the United States, Australia, and New Zealand (ANZUS); September 1 - 1951 - Military Facilities in the Azores: Agreement Between Portugal and the United States, September 6 - 1951 - Security Treaty Between the United States and Japan; September 8 - 1951 - Military Assistance Agreement Between the United States and Yugoslavia, November 14

thriftwy 3y ago

Soviet > A communist. Yugoslav > An unfaithful communist. These good relations with USA did real good when their country was obliterated to shreds when it was no longer needed. Sigh.

acqq 3y ago
> These good relations with USA did real good when their country was obliterated to shreds when it was no longer needed. The US had these teachers: "We have no eternal allies, and we have no perpetual enemies. Our interests are eternal and perpetual, and those interests it is our duty to follow." https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/9780191826719.001.0001/q-oro-ed4-00008130 https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/acref/978019... Always new counties which have to experience that.