Soviet takeover and reactions to it + Marshall Plan and Truman Doctrine

1) Natural barrier against Germany
2) Before 1939 most EE countries were hostile to USSR

20 million

Percentages Deal

1. Set up coalition governments
2. Have communists take over civil service,media, security and defense
3.arrest or force opposition to flee
4. Fix potential elections
5. Set up people's democracies

-There can be no permanent peaceful coexistence
-World communism is a malignant parasite

Speech by Churchill which demanded an anglo-american alliance to stop communism

March 1946 in America

He compares Churchill and his friends to Hitler and his friends
Said his actions were necessary and responded through Pravda

-Allies agreed to help train and equip Greek Army
-Civil War with Greek Communists
-In March 1947 the British could no longer fund the forces
-Truman feared that communist greek=communist oil rich middle east

-asked Congress to use military/economic means to prevent communism (both internally/externally)
-Released 400 million to Greece
-Said it was for humanitarian reasons
"If we falter in our leadership we may endanger the peace of the world"

Secretary of State George Marshall

To prevent poor countries becoming communist

-£13.3 Billion in Europe over 4 years
-large amounts were spent on defense and armaments

-As long as they opened their economies and markets to western goods and let their records to be inspected

-Caused Comecon and Cominform (1947)
-Congress didn't approve until events in Czechoslovakia
-Stalin described it as 'dollar diplomacy'
-Britain and allied parts of Germany benefitted overseen by OEEC

-Encouraged economic specialization within the soviet side
-EG and Czechoslovakia were encouraged to concentrate on heavy industry

-Soviet-style economic policies
-and a state-owned control of the industry
-examples include collectivisation of agriculture