Cominform and Comecon

• When was cominform set up ?

  September 1947
• What was Cominform ?

  A political organisation set up by Stalin that included USSR and satellite state communist parties
• Why was Cominform set up?

  Stalin could control and direct satellite states

  Encouraged satellite states to only trade with Cominform members

  Not allowed to accept Marshall aid (it promoted American propaganda)
• When was Comecon set up?

  January 1949
• What was Comecon ?


  Economic Organisation to provide aid to Communist Countries
• Who were the members of Comecon ?

  Soviet Union

  Bulgaria

  Czechoslovakia

  Hungary

  Poland

  Romania

  East Germany
• What was some aims of Comecon ?

  Trade with members was encouraged

  Trade with West was discouraged
• Why were Cominform and Comecon set up ?

  Stalin thought Marshall aid was a threat to Soviet Union
• What happened to tensions ?

  Increased tensions

  USA and West created a Military Alliance called NATO (1949)