truman doctrine was the soviet union's response to the marshall plan.
truman doctrine was the soviet union's response to the marshall plan.
what was the soviet union's response to the marshall plan?
truman doctrine
the molotov plan was symbolic of the soviet union's refusal to accept aid from the marshall plan, or allow any of their satellite states to do so because of their belief that the marshall plan was an attempt to weaken soviet interest in their satellite states through the conditions imposed and by making beneficiary countries economically dependent on the united states (officially, one of the goals of the marshall plan was to prevent the spread of communism). the plan was a system of bilateral trade agreements which also established comecon to create an economic alliance of socialist countries. this aid allowed countries in europe to stop relying on american aid and therefore allowed molotov plan states to reorganize their trade to the soviet union instead. the plan was in some ways contradictory because while the soviets were giving aid to eastern bloc countries, at the same time they were demanding that countries who were members of the axis powers pay reparations to the soviet union.
molotov plan
austria finalized its marshall plan program in the end of 1947 and received the first tranche of marshall plan aid in march 1948. heavy industry (or what was left of it) was concentrated around linz, in the american zone, and in british-occupied styria. their products were in high demand in post-war europe. naturally, the administrators of the marshall plan channeled available financial aid into heavy industry controlled by the american and british forces. american military and political leaders made no secret of their intentions: geoffrey keyes said that "we cannot afford to let this key area (austria) fall under the exclusive influence of the soviet union." the marshall plan was deployed primarily "against" the soviet zone but it was not completely excluded: it received 8% of marshall plan investments (compared to 25% of food and other physical commodities). the austrian government regarded financial aid to the soviet zone as a lifeline holding the country together. this was the only case when marshall plan funds were distributed in soviet-occupied territories.
allied-occupied austria