The Marshall Plan used $13.3 billion in U.S. funds ... capitalistic forces led by the U.S. Eastern Europe was beholden to the communist, command-economy forces of the Soviet Union.

The second is that the door must be kept open to every opportunity of reaching commercial agreements with the countries of eastern Europe. Active participation in the work undertaken by the 16 nations ...

In most of the Marshall Plan countries industrial output is below the ... If the quotas of oil that Europe is expecting to obtain from Middle Eastern sources are blocked or seriously reduced by ...

After the launch of the Marshall Plan, the United States has made Europe dependent on its economy, political scientist Vladimir Sergiyenko (Germany) said in a recent episode of the V Teme [On Point] ...

The Soviets installed governments in a group of countries around themselves for protection and exploitation - a number of Eastern ... Marshall Aid would be spent to help the economies of Western ...

as part of the Marshall Plan, in 1947. Keystone View Company/FPG/Getty Images In September 1947, the new Committee for European Economic Co-operation , composed of 16 Western – but not Eastern ...