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Several significant US actions in early Cold War Europe were:

1) The Truman Doctrine of Containment on the 12th of March 1947. This effectively stated America's position against the Soviet Union, although indirectly. Furthermore, it pledged American support for the free peoples of Europe. It became the basis of US foreign policy during the Cold War and led to the Marshall Plan.

2) General George Marshall proposed the Marshall Plan to the American Congress on the 5th of June 1947, suggesting that economic aid be given to Europe (it was offered to Russia but they rejected it and subsequently prevented any Eastern European nations accepting). The intention was to support the struggling economies of the European nations after WWII, thus preventing the unstable conditions that gave birth to the Nazi regime in the 1930s from happening again. It also had the political motive of expanding US markets and leading to a prosperous Western Europe which would, in turn, be less susceptible to communist ideology. Finally, it was the method with which America attempted to enforce the Truman Doctrine. The first payment was approved by the US Congress in 1948.

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