Cominform and Comecon

• Having established Communist governments throughout Eastern Europe Stalin now wanted to tighten his control on each country.
• He did this by using Cominform and Comecon.
• Cominform (Communist Information Bureau) 1947
• This co-ordinated governments in Eastern Europe.
• Office moved from Yugoslavia top Romania after Yugoslavia would not do as Stalin said.
• Ran meetings and gave out instructions to Communist governments as to what they must do.
• Comecon (Council for Mutual Economic Assistance) 1949
• This co-ordinated industries and trade of Eastern Europe.
• The idea of it was to trade with each other and not the West.
• It favoured USSR produced goods and guaranteed a cheap supply of raw materials for the USSR.
• Set up the bank for Socialist countries.