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he could no longer give the muchneeded financial and military aid to the Greek government which was in danger of being overthrown by the munist guerillas. Another country threatened by Russiandirected munist guerillas was Turkey. America did not have any doubt about the great increase in power which domination over Greece and Turkey would give to Russia. Cold War in East Asia The tension of the Cold War seemed to have moved from Europe to East Asia. (1) On October 1, 1949, the People39。s Republic, under Mao Zedong, was proclaimed in China. This Communist triumph was a great shock to the United States. Overnight, the Communist influence seemed to have extended into the very heart of Asia and onto the doorstep of occupied Japan. The sheer physical size of Soviet Russia and China, and of their bined populations, gave a double threat to the American policy of containment. It was against this background that a fullscale war broke out in Korea. ? After the Second World War, Korea north of 38th parallel had been occupied by the Russia