Original sentence: Libertarians, particularly, stress the role of Erhard's economic policies.The Soviets had not agreed to the currency reform; in March 1948 they withdrew from the four-power governing bodies, and in June 1948 they initiated the Berlin blockade, blocking all ground transport routes between Western Germany and West Berlin.Though the Marshall Plan is regarded as playing a key role in the West German recovery, other factors were also significant.With the Western Allies eventually becoming  concerned about the deteriorating economic situation in their "Trizone"; the American Marshall Plan of economic aid was extended to Western Germany in 1948 and a currency reform, which had been prohibited under the previous  occupation directive JCS 1067, introduced the Deutsche Mark and halted rampant inflation
Edited sentence: According to Marshall Plan 1947-1997 A German View by Susan Stern, many Germans still believe that Germany was the exclusive beneficiary of the plan, that it consisted of a free gift of vast sums of money, and that it was solely responsible for the German economic recovery in the 1950s.Contrary to popular belief, the Marshall Plan was not the main force behind the West German recovery.Even so, in Germany the myth of the Marshall Plan is still alive.Had that been the case, other countries such as Great Britain and France (which both received more economic assistance than Germany) should have experienced the same phenomenon.In fact, the amount of monetary aid received by West Germany through the Marshal plan (a total of $1.4 billion, although in the form of loans an not as free aid) was by far overshadowed by the amount the Germans meanwhile had to pay as reparations and by the charges the Allies made on the Germans for the cost of occupation ($2.4 billion per year).The Soviets had not agreed to this currency reform and withdrew in March 1948 from the four-power governing bodies and initiated the Berlin blockade in June 1948, blocking all ground transport routes between Western Germany and West Berlin.With the Western Allies eventually becoming  concerned about the deteriorating economic situation in their "Trizone"; the American Marshall Plan of economic aid was extended to Western Germany in 1948 and a currency reform, which had been prohibited under the previous  occupation directive JCS 1067, introduced the Deutsche Mark and halted rampant inflation there that same year