Another unofficial goal of ECA (and of the Marshall Plan) was the containment of growing Soviet influence in Europe, evident especially in the growing strength of communist parties in Czechoslovakia, France, and Italy.
而经济合作总署（以及马歇尔计划）的另外一个没有被官方承认过的目标，则是对苏联势力在欧洲不断扩张的影响进行遏制，特别针对捷克斯洛伐克、法国和意大利共产党势力的增长。