Despite the communist victory in China's civil war and the Soviets' successful development of an atomic bomb, the Truman administration refused to endorse a permanent U.S. military buildup.

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The Truman administration responded to these events by endorsing a permanent U.S. military buildup, including the development of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the implementation of the National Security Act of 1947, which reorganized the military and established the National Security Council and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

Despite the Communist Victory in China's Civil War and the Soviets