The KKE wins the civil war in Greece, giving Soviet access to the Mediterranean. Bonus, this forces Tito to align with the Soviets and contributes to a Communist victory in Italy in 1948. When Nasser seizes power from the British in Egypt, he is more sympathetic to the Soviets and is able to seize the Suez Canal with Soviet assistance in exchange for passage rights for Soviet Navy. Nasser's success inspires similar coups in Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq, creating Arab regimes more closely aligned with the Soviets than IOTL. The MFA which seizes power in Portugal in 1974 is instead of socialist-inspired, actually Communist, and grants Soviet access both in Portugal and in its former African colonies and in Timor Leste. Finally, the Shah in Iran falls to the Tudeh Party which grants direct Soviet access to the Indian Ocean. More importantly the Indian Ocean is now directly contiguous with the Soviet Union.
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