'IRON LETTERS' FOR POLISH PRIVATE ENTERPRISE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R001600300003-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 17, 2011
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: June 22, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

. CLASSIFICATION
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INFORMATJ C POR T
SUBJECT
DATE DISTR. 22: June 1948
"Iron Letters" for Polish NO. OF PAGES2
Private Enterprise
atr2 faction
a. Nationalization of Industry
2. Iron Letters
In accordance ',pith a decree issued on 3 January 1946 all industrial
enterprises employing over 50 workers in one shift mare nationalized.
This task leas carried out by the Voivodahin Nationalization Ccnrnisaions0
The Min Commission for tl- I tionalization of Industry has since been
considering a--r_lication arpsalina against nationalization. Approxi
rately ?O00 arr+eals t rive been lodged, half of which were dealt with
up to 1 I1;; ~ary 194. The rer3 index will be exarined up to Jr2y l9/.If',
hen the task of riationilizin" Industry will be conrletod.
b. Sta+.,e Industry' a Detiendence on ;Ielr Front Private nterrrise
(1) Because srall quantities of various industrial product_- are not
naanufiactured by State' factories, State industry is derendent on
help front private enter?,rise. Particularly in cases of mass pro-
duction, where there is need of aut;iliary products not aasnufSctured
by State factories, reliance is placed on obtaining supplies through
private orkshops. These are, V erefore, hir?:zly valued, the more so
as the proprietor, usually being an expert in his trade, can bare-
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lied on to give a'prenticen the benefit of his experience.
(2) In consideration of the above situation, Minc, on behalf of the
Government, appointed Vice-Minister Styr in January 1947 to or-
ganize a so-called "private sector" of industry. ::any skilled
workers, engaged on the free or black rarket, have been awaiting
a chance to start on their on, and it has been Szyr's task to
regulate the position of such hl.-h27 tr:inad ron and to guarantee
their eriployrnsnt, thus indirectly aiding State Industry.
a. Those are letters of guarantee issued by the Govermrent to private in..
dustrial enterprises stating that they will not be nationalized, requi.
sitioned or,closed dow,m.
PLACE NO. OF ENCLS.
ACQUIRED (LISTED BELOW)
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OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE IJEARINO OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT 50
U. 9. C.. 31 AND 82. AS AMENDED. ITS TRANS2ISSIOII OA THE REVELATION
OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANY WANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PRO-
HIBITED BY LAIN. REPRODUCTION OP 11419 FORK IS PROHIBITED. NGTJ?
EVER. INFORMATION CONTAINED IN BODY OF THE FORK WAY SE UTILIZED
AS 0EEMED NECESSARY BY TUE RECEIVING AGENCY.
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b, Private concerns can exist only if their proprietors have such a
guarantee, as they are dependent on the State for the supply of the
necessary raw materials.
c. 'Iron letters" can be received by enterprises only under the fol-
lowing conditions:
(1) That the -manufactured products are required by a branch of State
industry, which places orders with the particular concern and con~-
trols the actual production.
(2) That the owner abides.by the $gra-ed scale of wages compion to all
similar workers in the same branch of industry.
(3) That 'the contra. of raw rmteriali is exercised by the State.
(4) That the owner is not in direct control of the personnel. Work-
shops are allotted supervisors by the Departrant of Cadres in the
i- nistry .of Industry and Trade. These ran are mere bers of the PPR
and have the additional task of confidential investigation of, and
reporting on, the employee:.
(5) That the workshops from time to time inspected by a local "Social
Committee" (Konitet Srolecznv) consisting of representatives from
the political parties. Its task is to examine the relations be-
tween proprietor and ,corkers, the keeping of social laws, etc.
d. A so-called "Currency Amnesty" (A nest3a Pewizowa) is in force for
owners of small enterprises. If a proprietor has stored foreign cur-
rency, he is entitled to use it for purchasing machinery and installa-
tions abroad. This currency is not changed into zloty but is trans-
ferred direct to the country in which the purchase is made.
e. In accordance with the afore-mentioned conditions, the Ilinister of In-
dustry and Trade issued on 9 December 1947 a.special instruction cow
earning the issue of "iron letters", as follows:
"Newly created enterprises are inviolable private property.
A proprietor has the right to dispose of his property with-
in the framework of the current regula1ona, and the State
assures a proprietor the free developnent of his enterprise
and our-port i4thin the frames ork of the State Economic Plan".
f. "Iron letters" are signed by Voivodes and the City Presidents of Warsaw
and Lodz and, in exceptional circumstances only,, by their deputies.
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