cominform + comecon!! Flashcards
what was stalins response to the truman doctorine:cominform
-stalin saw the truman doctorine as a direct threat to communism
-he created the communist information bureau (cominform) to ensure unity in eastern europe
- all cominform member countries would meet regularly in moscow to ensure that they were all following the same policies
what was stalins response to the marshall plan:comecon
-stalin saw the marshall plan as an example of ‘dollar imperialism’ by the usa. he thought that the usa gained power over countries that accepted their aid and was fearful that they were using this power for world domination
-he made it clear that eastern european countries should not accept any aid from the usa.
-in 1949, he created comecon, a soviet alternative to marshall aid. countries who signed up to comecon were agreeing to work together and share rescources in what was officially a union if equal partners
-in reality all decision were made in moscow
when was comecon created?
january 1949
when was cominform created?
october 1947
who was the leader of yugoslavia
tito
yugoslavia owed its freedom from the nazis to the red army. t or f
false
did tito have any loyalty to stalin?
no, although there relationship was good at first things began to go wrong
why was tito unwilling to follow stalins instruction?
tito saw yugoslavia as an independent country
what happend in 1948?
tito accepted marshal aid, which was something stalin has specifically forbidden, yugoslavia was the only communist country to accept aid from the usa, it was a communist country not behind the iron country
