Democratic (socialist/fascist) President Truman extends the Marshall Plan to Yugoslavia (land of the southern Slavs), in an effort to bolster its communist dictator Josip Broz Tito. Truman feels that because he was a valued ally during the Axis War (World War II), Tito can be trusted not to align with the communist Slavic Soviet Union.
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United States gives military and economic aid to communist Yugoslavia – Nov 14, 1951 – HISTORY.com
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