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Cominform

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2008 | Copyright

Cominform [acronym for Communist Information Bureau], information agency organized in 1947 and dissolved in 1956. Its members were the Communist parties of Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, France, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania, the Soviet Union, and Yugoslavia. The Cominform attempted to reestablish information exchanges among the European Communist parties that had lapsed since the dissolution (1943) of the Comintern . Its decisions were not binding, nor was membership obligatory for Communist parties. It was not a reconstitution of the Comintern, only a setting up of information contacts. Its chief function was the publication of materials designed to demonstrate the unity of its members. In 1948 the Cominform expelled the Yugoslav Communist party because of the defiance by Marshal Tito of Soviet supremacy. In 1956, as a gesture of reconciliation with Tito, the Cominform was dissolved.

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Cominform

A Dictionary of World History | 2000 | Copyright

Cominform (Communist Information Bureau) An international communist organization formed to coordinate Party activities throughout Europe. Created in 1947, it assumed some of the functions of the INTERNATIONALS, which had lapsed with the dissolution of the COMINTERN in 1943. After the dispute between TITO and STALIN in 1948 Yugoslavia was expelled. The Cominform was abolished in 1956, partly as a gesture of renewed friendship with Yugoslavia and partly to improve relations with the West.

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Cominform

A Dictionary of Contemporary World History | 2004 | | Copyright

Cominform, see Comintern

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Cominform

The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations | 1998 | | Copyright

Cominform (ˈkɒmɪnˌfɔːm) Communist Information Bureau

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FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "Cominform." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Encyclopedia.com. 9 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

FRAN ALEXANDER , PETER BLAIR , JOHN DAINTITH , ALICE GRANDISON , VALERIE ILLINGWORTH , ELIZABETH MARTIN , ANNE STIBBS , JUDY PEARSALL , and SARA TULLOCH. "Cominform." The Oxford Dictionary of Abbreviations. 1998. Retrieved February 09, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O25-Cominform.html

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