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Throughout 1947 the British government was facing its own post-war financial difficulties, so began exploring ways to abandon its role in Greece. However, the Attlee government was also aware that a sudden ‘cut and run’ would lead to the collapse of the Greek government and with it a crucial line of communication to the East, as well as another communist regime in the Mediterranean region.
When the United States picked up on this, several key