# Cominform and Comecon

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- 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.