The gravity of the sun which contrones the world today necessitates my
appance before Congress. The foreign policy and the national security of this cours
are involved One aspect of the present situation concems Greece and Turkey
The United States has received from the Greek Government an urgent appeal for
hancial and economic assistance Preliminary reports corroborate the statement of the Greek Government that assistance is imperative if Greece is to survive as a free nation I do not believe that the American people and the Congress with to turn a deaf ear to the appeal since 1940, this industrious and peace loving country has suffered invasion, four years
of cruel enemy occupation, and bine inal se
When forces of Beration entered Greece, they found the retreating Germans had
destroyed vitaly all the ralways, roads, ports, communications, and merchant marine
More than a thousand villages had been burned
As a result of these trage condon, a mitant minority, exploting human misery, was
cal chaos which, und now has made economic recovery impossible
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in considering the requirements for the rehabilitation of Europe, the visible destruction of ces factories, mines, and raroads was correctly estimated, but it has become obvious during recent months that the destruction was less serious than the dislocation of the entire fabric of European economy For 10 years, conditions have been highly abnormal The leverish parmance of the war effort enguted all aspects of national economics Machinery time taken into disrepair or is entirely obsolete Under the arbitrary and destructive Nazi ne, visually every possible enterprise was geared into the German war machine Long-standing commercial es have disappeared, through the bus of capital absorption through nationalization or by simple destruction Confidence in the local currency has been severely shaken The breakdown of the business structure of Europe during the war was complete. But even given a more prompt solution of these acut problems, the rehabilitation of the economic structure of Europe quite evidendy will regare a much longer time and greater effort than had been foreseen
with foresight, and a willingness on the part of our people to face up to the
which hesory has clearly placed upon our country, the difficulties I
have outlined can and will be overcome
Which idea is common to both passages?
A. The United States is responsible for the economic recovery of war-torn European countries.
B. The United States is commited to the economic recovery of war-tom European countries
C. The United States has a duty to assist in the economic recovery of war-torn European countries
D. The United St has a personal interest in the economic recovery of war-torn european countries.
