
Stalin tries blocking Marshall Plan
The New York Times, United States, 1947
Edwin Marcus
Cartoon
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The New York Times, United States
The New York Times, United States, 1947
Edwin Marcus
Cartoon
Reproduction
The New York Times, United States
Marshall Plan funds were offered to most Western and Eastern European countries but the Soviet Union instructed governments in countries under its influence to reject the offer, contributing to a widening of the continental divide. By the time the Plan ended all recipient countries had surpassed their pre-war economic levels.