Question

Soon after World War II, the United States offered economic aid to European countries that had suffered during the conflict. This was called the European Recovery Program, or the Marshall Plan. Which of these best describes why the Marshall Plan caused economic conflict in the Cold War?
The aid actually damaged the economies of countries.
Soviet Bloc nations did not receive any economic aid.
The Soviet Union received more aid than was allowed.
Asian nations such as China and Japan were excluded.

Answer 1

Soviet blocs did not recieve any economic aid.

The Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav Molotov rejected the Marshall Plan in 1947, believing that it was an attempt to weak the Soviet Union and its satellites by making them economically dependent on the United States.