Foreign Relations of the United States, 1950, The Near East, South Asia, and Africa, Volume V

Editorial Note

NSC document 73/4, “The Position and Action of the United States With Respect to Possible Further Soviet Moves in the Light of the Korean Situation,” August 25, 1950, printed in volume I, page 375, recommended that in the event of an overt attack by organized Soviet military forces against Greece or Turkey, the United States should provide accelerated military assistance to either country and deploy such United States forces to their support as could be made available without jeopardizing United States national security.