The second installment is "Turkey and Greece: The First Expansion"
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history.state.gov/historicaldocu…
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Indeed, key to that effort was 🇹🇷ambassador to 🇺🇸 Feridun Cemal Erkin
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In other words, it would help US efforts to weaken 🇬🇧influence in the region.
Leaving one out would be problematic due to (1) long standing tensions b/w the two countries, & (2) it would signal to the Soviets that only one of them matter.
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