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The U.S. used organizations like NATO and the Marshall Plan to stop European nations from aligning with the Soviet Union.
The Marshal plan was a postwar US economic plan to support the economies of the western European countries to prevent their fall to communist agitation believed to be supported by the Soviet Union.The Soviet Union was deliberately never given any opportunity to participate in the Marshal Plan! It was the "enemy" that the plan was trying to oppose.
The Soviet Union made COMECON to encourage trade and production among the socialist countries (Made by Stalin in 1949). The sociailst countries with the leadership of and order from the Soviet Union refused the Marshall Plan.
the Soviet Union prevented them from applying for the assistance
D-the soviet union's response to the marshall plan.
the united states, east germany, west germany, and france.
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.
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They disregarded it and chose to take care of themselves and their "new satellite nations" now known as the Eastern Bloc.
The Marshall Plan or European Economic Recovery Plan was allegedly created to bring Europe back to prewar economic status after the devastation of World War II. The real intent, however, was for a unified Western Europed the Soviet Union. Term the United States knew the Soviet Union would have no choice but to reject (such as no communist influence) were deliberately included. As a result, the Soviet Union rejected the plan and was denied recovery funds. In the long run, this may have decided the outcome of the Cold War.
as the power of capitalism increased in europe....stalins power in soviet union decreases
The Soviet leaders probably viewed the Marshall Plan and NATO as direct threats to Soviet security. Soviet leaders felt the United States was using its wealth to buy influence and power in Europe. They feared that strong, rebuilt Western European nations would be a threat to its satellite nations in Eastern Europe.