After the
British government declared on 21 February 1947 its inability to provide financial aid (though she would establish the
Central Treaty Organization a decade later), Turkey turned towards the United States, who drew up the
Truman Doctrine, pledging to "support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures". $100 million was appropriated two months after the
US Congress ratified the
Truman Doctrine on 12 March 1947. This figure was raised to $233 million by 1950, after Turkey contributed a brigade of about 5000 men to the
United Nations forces in the
Korean War. In August 1947, the American Military Mission for Aid to Turkey (AMMAT) was established in
Ankara under the authority of the US ambassador. On 5 October 1947, a delegation of senior
Turkish military officials traveled to the United States to establish the military framework of the co-operation agreement. By October 1949 the mission had received the title the Joint American Military Mission for Aid to Turkey (JAMMAT). After joining the
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on 18 February 1952,{{Cite web|url=http://www.nato.int/multi/photos/1952/m520218a.htm|accessdate=2008-10-17|title=Greece and Turkey accede to NATO - 18 February 1952|work=NATO Media Library ==References==