Cominform (response Truman Doctrine) - enabled USSR set up communist govts. around Eastern
Europe -Made sure states - followed soviet foreign
policy,
economic policies (soviet styled) e.g. collectivisation of agriculture, state control industryUsed to purge members disagreed Moscow (Tito - refusal follow rules, expulsion
Yugoslavia)
Comecon (response
marshall aid) - supposed to be soviet way help east Europe financiallyIn reality - control state economy, give Soviet access to resources
, economic specialisation (e.g. East Germany encouraged heavy industry)
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