7. Cominform And Comecon Flashcards
1
Q
What was Stalin’s response to the Truman doctrine?
A
Cominform
2
Q
What was Stalin’s response to the Marshall plan?
A
Comecon
3
Q
When was comecon formed?
A
january1949
4
Q
Why was Comecon formed?
A
So members could trade with each other rather than trading with the west
5
Q
When was cominform set up?
A
october
1947
6
Q
What was cominform?
A
An organisation to coordinate communist governments in Eastern Europe
7
Q
What did cominform actually do?
A
Ran meetings and sent out instructions to communist governments about what the su wanted them to do
8
Q
What was the reality of Comecon?
A
All decisions were made in Moscow despite it officially being a union of equal partners where members were to work together
