Question

Why did Stalin decline to participate in the Marshall Plan?

a. Stalin understood that the Marshall Plan would never succeed in reconstructing Europe.
b. Stalin felt that the Marshall Plan was just an attempt to deprive Russia of its gains.
c. Stalin knew that the Marshall Plan would only empower France and Britain.
d. Stalin believed that the Marshall Plan would restore Germany and make it a threat again

Answer 1

The Marshall Plan was named for Secretary of State George C. Marshall, who announced it in a commencement speech at Harvard University on June 5, 1947.
Stalin decline to participate in the Marshall Plan because Stalin believed that the Marshall Plan would restore Germany and make it a threat again.