MEAT PRODUCTION TRUST - KREMENCHUG, USSR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600050011-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 25, 2011
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: November 17, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION rOryFIDENT~
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY USSR
SUBJECT Meat Production T,.,.e,
25X1- Kremenchug, USSR
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF INFORMATION
REPORT N0~
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DATE DISTR. / 7 Nov 1.953
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SUPPLEMENT TO
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25X1 i. The Meat Production Trust at
trusts in the Ukraine the Others USSR was one of the four largest
There were - he others being located at Poltava, Odessa, and Kharkov.
a number of smaller
such as Kiev; however, production plants located In the smaller cities,
operatioas in all of the plants were basically the game'
2. The main responsibility of the Meat Production Trust at Kremenchu
recelving,elanghtering, and storage of livestock and meat for the meat Phrehasi:,o
Agency, This special Agency w-08 r5apoasible for the collection and distribution
0: all meat. The Agency had various branches in the rayons or etio,b Wu1 ti
covered and these branchrts were entirely 'resp espons ible for r the collection of the
livestock from the variouj aovkbozes or kolkhozee.
sible for a certain amount of meat rnn
ua.Lly Each farm or farmer was respo(-
the Meat Purchasing Agency. , wnach he dud to mane avazlaule to
ever it was always at a siicuhis s tlar as, in effect, sold to the Agency, how-
have livestock available when he my eauPrrice. In the event the farmer did not
out on the market and purchase whatever ~?n+ it was necessary fo him to go
"sell" it to the Agency was r*9uired of him in order to, in turn,
3. After the livestock was received by the Meat Production Trust it was slaughtered
and the meat placed in storage and hel.a for wa-.,___,
Agauoy wouia eaviN the Meat --- --' by the Meat Purchasing was to Agency.
be shipped. production Trust st w when and where the meat
vas to
4. The Kremenchug plant occupied an r
first floor plant building V" araa of approximately one city block. The entire
of the
metric tons of meat coin be sto~Q~n ztific ant storage. Between ?800 c, and 1,000
ation. Of the "t;-1 mount of ial is Aloekw w
were always set aside for an smsgt is stomp at the production Trust, 250 ciaaeeT-
call from the set
a for or a heady, Such an esergas.y was usual
Army,, Wavy,
a Particular time, q industiq -its a high priority for meat eatal
5? The plant at Kre01"chug
head of cattle or 350 pigs slap as average of apor jnetelj 250
f cart seae~~ was the r, is an emergency, such as the peak slaughtering , .he plant could slaughter either 40n he"
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livestock received, same oheep and rabbits weretalsoslaughter d there. The
meat production averaged approximately 45 metric tons per day.
6. Of all meat slaughtered at Kremenchug, approximately one-half was assigned to
export prior to 1941 and the balance was assigned to the domestic market. All
meat destined for export from the hremenchug plant was usually shipped by
refrigerated car to Odessa. If the meat was consigned to the domestic market
the main shipping points were Kiev, Moscow, and Leningrad.
7? Practically every part of animals slaughtered was utilized in one. form or another.
Forty-five percent of the total weight of livestock slaughtered was recovered
snap at. Hides were shipped to the leather industry. Fats were shinned to the
ry, hoofs and horns to the button an .
Lines and scrap meat were turned into sausage,?~smoked1rreatnandycasingshr.ir intes-
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1-ining the -- -
his assignment as director, he did,nev
erthelessn thermeat business pricit.r;
a working knowledge of the business. Most of his duties were administrativeyuire
and one of his biggest problems was satisfying big-shot Party end Coverr, ::t.
officials who came to the plant fnr ---
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--a
aaneaLic harmony, he had to pass out special cut -cutu, meal. in order to p.ra:verve
he was working on strict production figures and in order to make up the losses
incurred it was necessary for him to utilize special funds provided to t!:, plant
and go out on the open or black market and purchase additional cattle or r:cr:,,
9. The factory at Kremenchug was considered modern in 1941 and was always ab.e to
handle all livestock assigned to it. An average of 400 persons were employed
at the plant, except of course during the peak season when it was necessary;
hire additional help.
1C. T. went at the Kr?emenchug production trust was inspected by government
veterinarians and graded from one to four. Grade one was usually assigre?.i. to
the export market, grade two to the domestic market and grades three and .u,,
to the production of sausage, smoked meats, etc.
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