the marshall plan and the cominform Flashcards
what happened on the 5th of june 1947?
george marshall the new secretary of state, unveiled his plan known as the european economic recovery plan, before an audience in harvard university with the intended audience being the european foreign ministers
how much was provided to 16 countries in europe?
$13.5billion
what did churchill describe the marshall plan as?
'’the most unselfish act in history’’
what were the 2 aims of the marshall plan?
benefiting the us economy by helping Europe’s economic reconstruction and was also aimed at promoting european unity
when was the comniform set up?why?
in 1947, in response to the marshall plan.
what was the cominform?
the commnunist information bureau was an organistion set up by the ussr to coordinate commnunist parties across europe
what were eastern european countries expected to do?
fall in line behind soviet foreign policy
what were the 3 main aims of the cominform?
.respond to the marshall plan by uniting east European countries against it.
.establish links and political cooperation between commnunist parties not governments.
.create an information exchange between members
how did moscow respond to those who opposed the cominform?
purged them
when was the comicon introduced? and what was it?why?
25th feb 1949, it was the council for mutual economic assistance in reponse to the marshall plan, and was more of a trading agreement and did not provide financial aid
who did the comincon work in advantage of?
the ussr
when was the truman doctrine?
march 1947
what was the truman doctrine?
the truman administration’s response to the british and greek request for aid in order to convince congress to hep
what did truman say will happen to free institition if they do not help?
they will fall to totalitarian control
