DECREE ON WINE PRODUCTION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00039R000200080035-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: R
• Document Page Count: 17
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 7, 2012
• Sequence Number: 35
• Publication Date: July 18, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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REST R?WTE
DECREE ON Y'I ~'~.a, ~abotn~,c:kaosko De2a.o, '~. Sept ].
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DECREE ~~QN ~o Ii s+'~Yi
The Council, of Ministers and the Central. Coinn~ittee off' the Bu1.~
garian Communist arty (CC of BCP) point out that in spite of the 1, z
favorable soa.l and climatic conditions the development of viticul~
tore ;ln :Bulgaria is :Lain. The primary reason :for this is that
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unt11 9 Sept ~U viticulture in Bulgaria was scattered about on a y small scale and l was the object of unrestrained capitalist expioi-
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Cation.
The uprooting of vineyards to use land for planting grain and
seed-oil crops, the restricted planting of new vineyards by priv-
the frosts in l9L7, i99 and 1950 and the consecu-
ate farmers,
tive droughts in the country during the last to j years has ca-
used the area planted with vineyards to decrease each year.
of the existing vineyards are old and worn out
A large part
and should be replaced by new ones The agrotechnique of culti-
still at a law level. The cult ivat io.r1 and
vai,ing vineyards is
not performed everywhere . The fight agairE
turning .a the sa11 is ~
f
diseases and pestsy especially against the peronospora, is not pur
sued regularly and adequateLy, and therefore, the grape Crops su-
stain considerable loss. Mechanized cultivation of vineyards has
not been introduced
is not sufficient for totally satisfying the
The grape clop ,
needs of ~he tirork eapie for this exceptionally wholesome food.
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The scientific and research institutes do not work on the pru-
iems inich face Bulgarian viticulture, Tile new vineyards are not
being planted with selected high-grade vines.
Wine is produced
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under
of"Agriculture " and the Ministry of Suppay and
The Ministry, .
have not taken the 'necessary measures to train per-
Food Industry
sonnet , for viticulture and wine production, although there is e
'such`men..
.,,great =need' farl1'
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very 'inadequate conditions.
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ES1flICTED
substatuting new vanes ar the ratters Ants irl existing Vineyr~rds,
. , ., vines with new ones ~raust be ec~mp~eted
The placing a~ ratters v ld,
G? 0 extent ai' the rotten vines.. shau
; in 1~.~a3 3 ~ ..
by the end or 1955
n ]-~~~
be replaced and 35 percent should be replaced annully a. ~ s~
and 1955
, ~~' culture is required to include in its
Tile Niinas~Lxy a:~ Agriculture
7lants for replanting va,neyaxds.
yearly plans the necessary 1 ~ ~'
13. The Ministry of Agriculture and the People's Soviets
and carry out the xegxa:Cting of frost-
are required to organa.~,e
ten barren and ].ow-grade vines in viney
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ne aids can lie done only with a written
The uproota.ng oi' vi y
ui.ture section of the respective o]soliya
order from the agx'ic
People's Soviet.
al eo le's soviets and the o]~rug and
Ok:rug, okaliya and local p p
irnary ol'ganizations of the BOP are ye~
okoliya committees and pr
any kind of aid necessary to state farms and
quired to extend any
in the ]?lancing of new vineyGlyds and
Farm workers' cooperatives
in the improvement oi' existing ones.
15. The lvlinistry of Agriculture is required to.
(a) train 50 junior viticulture technicians annually in tie
ion schools at Pleven and Perushtz.tsa;
viticulturGtil and wine product .
okxu and okoliya centers, in accordance
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(b) organize in
. )day courses for traina.ng viticulture
with the yearly plans, ~5..dy
technicians of state farms and farm workers' cnopexativcs;.
f'pebruaxy, annual.. courses at
(C;) organize, by the end. o
. . or raining pruners, b:t?igade members
okal_iya people's sovtietS, ,P ,
' cuMural brigades of farm waxkers *
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and group leaders from the vit~.
cooperatives,
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a'L^~caus succer~se~ in the laui1d~
With the achteve11~ent caf such en
s excellent candidions are creCt"
ing o~ farm workers' cooperative
vtticu1tu~^e by piant~.nG 1ax1Ge
ed for axganizing an industri
areas . ? s of table and wane gxapcs , l~lecha..
with high~gxade var. ~,eta.e
aI^~.cu~.~Lura1. ~echna.quea can be ap`
nixed cu:~.tivat ion and advanced ~
plied in these areas
Since the Bulgarian State Alcohol ~lanopo7-y is in complete
canditions are in existence
charge of processing the grape crop,
e~~processing industry and
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for ~^ap.-
enlarging and rationa 1iz~.ng the . ~
.oduction on a solid, scientific and
for sett ink, Bulga.ra,an wine pr
roduction of high-grade alcoholic be-
technological basis for the p
~rerages ?
and proper development of viti-
In order to achieve a speedy
. on to increase the production of gapes
cul.ture and wine producta. ~
and grape products and to `satisfy the needs of the nation,ts work-
ands the Council_ of Ministers and
ink people and of exportdem ,
the CC of the BCP decree the following:
I. VITICULTU~F
of the Ministry of Agriculture to organ-
1; It is required
/lion dacares with new industxiai type
ire the planting of one mi ,
will be planted with wine grapes
vines, of which 650,000 decares
and 350,000 decares with table grape varieties.
The planting of the new industrial vines should be done pri-
marily an state farms and farm :workers' cooperatives
2. The 'Vinpromtt (Wine Industry) State Economic Enterprise
.
-arms andfarm workers' cooperatives
'must sign contracts with state .~
. er~tives for the cultivation of cuttings..
and 'with: tl~e general coop ,
_- and xnot':grafted vines of the wine-
' stnoo~h planting material
. state 'farms and. farm. workers;' cooper.
grips vara.eties,and;with
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REST?RICTEP
te vanes and wiraew~ra~ae vax~,et~
taves or p~.antang ~ndu~. ~~a yp
etexmine'the prapOrtl0n of selected vines
aes, I~ should also d
xQQt-gxaftt~d vanes, according to the
and provide the necessary
yearly plans,
3The Central Cooperative Federation must sign contracts
~~ orkers' cooperatives an the general
with stmt e farms , farm w
roductaon and distribution of cuttings
cooperatives for the p
., f table-gx'ape vax^ieties, in accQ~^d