Marshall Plan

Secretary of State G. Marshall purposed a plan to give support to all European countries that needed it. Marshall said that this move was directed "not against any country or doctine but against hunger, proverty, desperation. and chaos". In doing so the next four years following after the communist were losing voters within the western Europeans nations in which America helped with aid. it helped 16 European countries and spent over 13 billion in aid. Slowly this created more tension with communist Russia.