The Soviet Union:
sOVIET AID THROUGH THE MOLOTOV PLAN
VYACHESLAV MOLOTOV
THE SOVIET LEADERS HAD QUESTIONED THE MOTIVES OF THE MARSHALL PLAN. CONSEQUENTLY, STALIN VIEWED THE MARSHALL PLAN AS AN EFFORT TO INTERRUPT THE INTERNAL SOVIET AFFAIRS.
STALIN HAD BELIEVED THAT THE ACCEPTANCE OF U.S. AID WOULD REQUIRE THE PRESENCE OF U.S. INSPECTORS AND THEREFORE TH ESOVIET UNION DECIDED TO REJECT THE U.S. AID.
MEANWHILE, CZECHOSLOVAKIA HAD BEEN INTERESTED IN THE MARSHALL PLAN, AND THEREFORE THE CZECH LEADERS HAD ARRANGED A MEETING WITH STALIN IN THE CITY OF MOSCOW.
THE CZECHS HAD DEMONSTRATED THE FACT THAT TWO-THIRDS OF THE RAW MATERIALS FOR INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES HAD ORIGINATED IN WESTERN COUNTRIES. HOWEVER, STALIN HAD DENIED THEIR REQUEST.
IN 1949, THE SOVIET UNION ENACTED THE MOLOTOV PLAN, NAMED AFTER FOREIGN MINISTER VYACHESLAV MOLOTOV. THE PLAN WOULD PROVIDE AID TOWARD THE COUNTRIES IN EASTERN EUROPE.
PREVIOUSLY, THE SOVIET UNION HAD ESTABLISHDE THE COUNCIL FOR MUTUAL ECONOMIC ASSIATANCE (COMECON). THE ORGANIZATION WOULD ESTABLSIH TWO-WAY TRADE ASSOCIATIONS WITH THE SOVIET UNION AND OTHER COMECON COUNTRIES.
STALIN HAD BELIEVED THAT THE ACCEPTANCE OF U.S. AID WOULD REQUIRE THE PRESENCE OF U.S. INSPECTORS AND THEREFORE TH ESOVIET UNION DECIDED TO REJECT THE U.S. AID.
MEANWHILE, CZECHOSLOVAKIA HAD BEEN INTERESTED IN THE MARSHALL PLAN, AND THEREFORE THE CZECH LEADERS HAD ARRANGED A MEETING WITH STALIN IN THE CITY OF MOSCOW.
THE CZECHS HAD DEMONSTRATED THE FACT THAT TWO-THIRDS OF THE RAW MATERIALS FOR INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES HAD ORIGINATED IN WESTERN COUNTRIES. HOWEVER, STALIN HAD DENIED THEIR REQUEST.
IN 1949, THE SOVIET UNION ENACTED THE MOLOTOV PLAN, NAMED AFTER FOREIGN MINISTER VYACHESLAV MOLOTOV. THE PLAN WOULD PROVIDE AID TOWARD THE COUNTRIES IN EASTERN EUROPE.
PREVIOUSLY, THE SOVIET UNION HAD ESTABLISHDE THE COUNCIL FOR MUTUAL ECONOMIC ASSIATANCE (COMECON). THE ORGANIZATION WOULD ESTABLSIH TWO-WAY TRADE ASSOCIATIONS WITH THE SOVIET UNION AND OTHER COMECON COUNTRIES.
THE BEGINNING OF THE COLD WAR
THE UNITED STATES VS. THE U.S.S.R.
BY 1949, THE UNITED STATES AND THE SOVIET UNION HAD MAINTAINED AN APPREHENSIVE
RELATIONSHIP.
THEREFORE, THE SOVIET UNION HAD SOUGHT TO PROMOTE COMMUNISM IN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES.
THE HOSTILITY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE SOVIET UNION NEVER LEAD TO ARMED CONFLICT, HOWEVER THE INITIATION OF A NUCLEAR WAR HAD BEEN IMMINENT.
THE COLD WAR HAD BEEN A WAR OF WORDS, NEGOTIATION, PROPAGANDA, MONETARY AID, AND SURVEILLANCE.
RELATIONSHIP.
THEREFORE, THE SOVIET UNION HAD SOUGHT TO PROMOTE COMMUNISM IN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES.
THE HOSTILITY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE SOVIET UNION NEVER LEAD TO ARMED CONFLICT, HOWEVER THE INITIATION OF A NUCLEAR WAR HAD BEEN IMMINENT.
THE COLD WAR HAD BEEN A WAR OF WORDS, NEGOTIATION, PROPAGANDA, MONETARY AID, AND SURVEILLANCE.
BY: ABTIN TOSHTZAR MARPLE NEWTOWN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL PUBLISHED: FEB. 10 2013 EDITED: MAR. 2 2013