$17B towards providing markets for American goods, creating reliable trading partner and supporting the development of stable democracies in western europe
Marshall said that $15B was needed to rebuilt europe
what made congress agree to the $15B ?
communists took over in czechoslovakia
when was the Marshall aid approved?
April 1948
this was seen as self-interest for the Americans who wanted to create new markets for themselves
stalin saw this as economic imperialism - economic control over europe
stalin forbade the eastern states of Europe from applying for the Marshall aid
