Question

"Many foreign peoples, in Europe at least, are ... frightened by experiences of the past and are less interested in ... freedom than in security. They are seeking guidance rather than responsibilities. We should be better able than the Russians to give them this. And unless we do, the Russians certainly will."

This advice to President Harry Truman helped influence Truman's decision to ____________.

A. drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
B. end segregation of the Armed Forces
C. deport any person suspected of being a communist
D. develop the Marshall Plan

Answer 1

This advice to President Harry Truman helped influence Truman's decision to develop the Marshall Plan.

Step-by-step explanation:

On April 3th, 1948, Truman signed the Cooperation Act which was based on George C. Marshall's ideas: If America wanted to set a world order in which democracy and market economy were not threatened, it was necessary to help European Nations which were still free from Soviet influence to recover from the disaster caused by WWII.

European nations enthusiastically attached to the plan and collaborated from the start. This act gave origin to the European Recovery Program, also known as the Marshall Plan.