Why did American policymakers agree to spend billions of dollars on the economic recovery of Europe under the Marshall Plan?
A) They hoped to provoke the Soviet Union with this program.
B) They were trying to further solidify the division between the East and the West on the continent.
C) They were happy to provide their own constituents with profitable defense contracts.
D) They were afraid that if they did not help with the recovery, western European nations might fall into the Soviet sphere of influence.
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