Foreign Relations of the United States, 1948, Eastern Europe; The Soviet Union, Volume IV

Editorial Note

For the views of the Policy Planning Staff on the Mediterranean area, with particular reference to Greece and Italy, see Section IV of PPS 23, February 24, 1948, volume I. The conclusion reached in this paper was “that our policy with respect to Greece and Italy, and the Mediterranean area in general, should be based upon the objective of demonstration to the Russians that:

(a) the reduction of the communist threat will lead to our military withdrawal from the area; but that

(b) further communist pressure will only have the effect of involving us more deeply in a military sense.”