Word: europeanization
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Talk of a "Molotov plan" for Eastern Europe, to counterbalance the "Marshall approach," began to be heard in Europe. Unfortunately for the Molotov plan, what most Eastern European nations needed was machines and manufactured goods, and those were what Russia needed...
...Europe, split by Molotov, now line up? Russia herself had shut herself out of the European economy since the Revolution, but most of the nations that had become Soviet satellites had formerly had economic ties with the rest of Europe. These eight countries have a total population of 87 million. The 16 European countries represented at Paris have a total population of 218 million...
...helping each European nation separately, beginning with the worst risks, we will simply be pouring money down a row of rat holes, beginning with the deepest. Let the Europeans get together, figure out what they can do to help each other, and then tell us what Europe as a whole needs for recovery. If that looks like a reasonable amount, and if there is some sign that this expenditure will really get Europe on its feet, then let's go through with...
...loaded into that conclusion. European nations, for instance, will have to relax or abandon the tight net of restrictions on currency and commerce that now strangle trade between them. The French will have to put enough faith in the Allied control of Germany to let the German steel industry work for Europe at a higher production level. This will be even more difficult for a Frenchman than for a citizen of New Hampshire to resign himself to seeing another $15 billion go out of the U.S. But unless both France and New Hampshire face the facts, the "Marshall approach" will...
...Against participation) "Unattractive as this idea will be to Congress, it will realize that it has no alternative. Bevin and Bidault are strong enough to keep the requests within reason. If we get into this thing we will have to let the Eastern European countries in; that means they will be trading freely with Western Europe, and will be drawn out of our orbit. We must back away and try to save what we can-Eastern Europe...