Cominform, Comecon And Nato

Question 1

Explain cominform

Answer 1

Stood for communist information versus
Set up 1947
Organised all communist parties in EU and arranged leadership
Got rid of opp to SU control in SS
encouraged communist parties to block MP assistance

Question 2

Explain Comecon

Answer 2

Stood for Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
Set up 1949
Build trade links between Comecon countries
Prevented Comecon countries signing up for Marshall Plan
Included SU
Bulgaria
Czech
Poland
Etc

Question 3

What were the consequence of the two C’s

Answer 3

Western EU one camp
Linked to USA through Marshall Plan and US policy of contamination
EEU now one camp
Tied to SU as SS

Question 4

Explain NATO

Answer 4

1949
Military assistance made up of US, Britain, Canada, Holland etc
West G joined 1955
Nato based on principle of security
Directed against possible attack from SU

Question 5

Explain significance of NATO

Answer 5

Showers after Berlin Blockade and SU development of bomb neither US or Wesr EU gov prep to accept SU aggression
SU strengthens control over EEU
creation of Warsaw Pact
Two military alliances now