He wanted to send a message of self-sufficiency to his communist allies.
Stalin refused the Marshall Plan because he felt the plan was a way for the United States to spread capitalism. Joseph Stalin ruled the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1952.
He wanted to send a message of self-sufficiency to his communist allies.
He did not object to the marshall plan. Stalin did and this was because he was still not too sure whether to stay as an ally of the U.S.A or to split off from it.
Stalin thought the Marshall plan was a plan to undermine Western Europe and prevented any of the Cominform to take place in the discussion in Europe.
Iron curtains nations refused to accept Marshall plan aid because Stalin refused to allow any ties between his satellites and his only strong national rival.
Stalin refused the Marshall Plan because he felt the plan was a way for the United States to spread capitalism. Joseph Stalin ruled the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1952.
He wanted to send a message of self-sufficiency to his communist allies.
He did not object to the marshall plan. Stalin did and this was because he was still not too sure whether to stay as an ally of the U.S.A or to split off from it.
Stalin thought the Marshall plan was a plan to undermine Western Europe and prevented any of the Cominform to take place in the discussion in Europe.
He declined it because he felt that the US we keep that against the Russians.
Poland was forced by USSR to refuse the Marshall Plan after WW2.
The Marshall Plan was a part of the "containment" policy of the Cold War. The clear intent of the Marshall Plan was to prevent the spread of Communism, and in the case of the Marshall Plan, the prevention of Communism in European countries like Greece and Turkey. The Soviet Union opposed this because the spread of Communism to other countries would extend its control over them.
Stalin said the Marshall Plan was just a capitalist ploy to bring down Soviet socialism in general and Communist Party rule in particular. In order to qualify for aid under the Marchall Plan, a country had to pledge that it would provide a democratic form of government. This is something Stalin could never agree to, because the country would probably vote the Communist Party out of office and him along with it.
Since the Cold War was, in a sense, a huge competition between the Communist economic system and the free market economic system, it would not look good if a communist system accepted help from a free market system. A superior system does not need the help of an inferior system. (Incidentally, you are talking about the Marshall, not Marchall Plan.)
Iron curtains nations refused to accept Marshall plan aid because Stalin refused to allow any ties between his satellites and his only strong national rival.
The Marshall Plan was, indeed a loan. No, the Marshall plan was not a loan. It was aid. There were loans made but they were not part of the Marshall Plan itself.
The Marshall Plan was specifically for Europe, but although some countries in Eastern Europe wanted to accept, Stalin said no! See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Plan