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Cominform

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Cominform

The Cominform was a shortened name for the Communist Information Bureau. It was founded in 1947.

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Role of the cominform

  • The cominform controlled and coordinated the political and economic systems of the Soviet satellite states.
  • The control of these states would be in line with orders directly issued from Moscow.
  • Stalin did this in response to the actions of the West as he believed they were starting a US led global alliance against communism.

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1Origins of the Cold War, 1945-9

2Widening of the Cold War

3The Global War

4Confrontation & Cooperation

5Brezhnev Era

6Ending of the Cold War

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