Significance
The failure of the Locke Mission caused the Truman administration and subsequent Presidencies to largely ignore the Middle East. However, the mission was one of the first examples of regionalism whereby the United States concentrated on developing the entire Near East rather than interacting with specific countries. U.S.- English relations were enhanced when the British moved their regional council to Lebanon also.
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