Q. Consider the following statements:

1. The famous ‘Iron Curtain’ speech was given by the President of USA, Harry Truman.
2. Truman Doctrine was a significant event in the context of cold war.

Which of the above is / are correct?
Answer: Only 2
Notes: The first shot in the cold war was fired by Winston Churchill. No longer the Prime Minister of Britain, he made a speech at the University of Fulton, Missouri, in the US, in the presence of the US President, Truman, in which he said, "From the Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the continent." So, statement 1 is incorrect. The US decision to intervene in the Greek Civil War may be considered as formally ushering in the Cold War. President Truman, while asking the Congress for 400 million dollar as military and economic aid to the Greek government, made a policy statement which has been called the ‘Truman Doctrine’. In his speech, he said, “I believe that it must be the policy of the United States to support free people who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside powers.” The Truman Doctrine proclaimed communism as the threat to the ‘Free World.’ So, statement 2 is correct.

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