03612. THE EFFECT OF THE MARSHALL PLAN ON IMMEDIATE POST-WAR SOVIET-AMERICAN RELATIONS. This study views the American plan to economically reconstruct Western Europe as the outcome of American anti- Communism, the need to resolve domestic economic difficulties in the U.S., and Russian expansionist aims vis-a-vis Western Europe. Fairly balanced and objective in its assessment of blame for the Cold War. 12 pages, 5 footnotes, 5 bibliographic sources.