AGRICULTURE AND INDUSTRY IN THE LATVIAN SSR

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00415R012600090007-5
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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 6, 2006
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: September 10, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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SECURITY INFORMATION
INFORMATION REPORT
REPORT NO.
DO NOT CIRCULATEDATE DISTR. 10 Sept, 1952
SUBJECT Agriculture and industry in the ,Latvian SSR` NO. OF PAGES 2
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25 INFO, Up to April 1952
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la Over 100 motor tractor stations have been established. in,Latvia and na~'sre been
given the task of "ensuring t,at` 80 percent of all-farm work his ftnechanizect
b.,1955tl The following makes of tractors are commonly used in Latvian
135 produced by ractoryy i/n Kiio6v- Leningrad
KhTZ produced by the Kharkov Tractor Works
KhTZ ..NATI
m5)~ produced in Kharkov
Ch,TZ produced by the 'Chelyabinsk .Tractor-`Works
UTZ probably produced by the Ural Tractor Wdrks
2. The use of combine harvesters is very restricted in Latvia, because it is
said they are unsuited to the climate and the soil
In general:, much effort and money are 11 expended by the Soviet authorities to
develop the collective farms in Latvia and t6 convinoe the " farmers'of 'the
great advantages to be gained from collective bcono
fib. ' The State+~ fox?
example, sells motor vehicles and agricultural m a c h 1 h e x ? y ' t h e ' W at
e ecially reduced prices as"a'special form'of'concession and encouragement for
fulfillment of production plans, This is, of course, offset b "the fact the same time the State y that at
pays the collective farmers for"their compulsory
deliveries of produce at fixed rates which -are lower than-the official market
prices at " which they can sell their' surplus products after, and if, the
compulsory deliveries have been met,
4 Workers on kolkhozsr are sometimes obliged Ito ca.
rryr out building work on- 1o6a1
power plantse This reduces the number of workdays credited to them for agricula
turillabbr and consequently affects their allocations of payment in kind,
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9 according to Official figtares~ 19" Sgt^i cultural sniff ZDII
zootechrAdalgroups with a_membars hip` _of 7b OOO - had beeen_ or- anized in Latvin
k&Lkhozyo a An i kborta.xit.. item in i he. c r9.oi luixi. cif 'the`se stuc groups is the'
superiority of the Soviet way. of life and the advantages it offers?
Collectivization of.Fishe
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The _fisherm6n of Latvia have' been obliged_to conform to cdl~ectivizatiorii and
along 'the taitvian- coast there have `now been -estab1i'ahedd 24 fishi.ng.- arteI 1
State fishery concerns 10 fish processing factories, and 57 fish receiving points.
In Ventspils Rayon, there are two fishing artels., as followsa
Sarkana 3aka, Chairmang Berziris. The? ?oentz?a1 off:Cce .is. iii Veritepils
0O ishep?tne~i beI ong tip this artel3 its fleet consists of
30 trawlers
and some.50 motor fishing hnat9,
b. Lenih& Ceis, Chairrmant' Brakmanis, This -artel -was aiil6a r es bushed
=19%5 operate .in the Baltic north. .6f Vent6j)lls has four
stationsa 0visi~'_Jaunupe..Liepene-, and Staldzene,,a4d?a fleet of some h10
motor fishing boats,, each having a crew of two to four menu
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. g' g . the , en ' in' the two above-.named arteis ' during
the annual fishing The avers aeaseason are~y'QCa0C~6pCC0. rubles Iii actditionq' the' fishexsnen
receive premiums for fulfilling the plan which amount to 7,000A8aO00'rubles.
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100 The Latvenergo (Latvian State-?ewer Administration) ftepail^an Engineering
Works, Arensburgas 3 s "i r Ril;a,9 is ?produOIng - various e- q iia' Jpme- t f ` or power
stations and substation ., including. items such as a transformer with a
capacity of i80-320 kva?
11. The Riga. Chemical Combine (Rigas'ki-rniska 6' k6m'oinate)'9 Riga Jelgavas 639
produces large quantities of 'special riighly seristtized paper -for use in
teehnidal drawings and blueprints, which are sent to USSR planning
organizations o
l2, The Li,vani Peat Factoit C56-23N9 26c10L) has- been prodiaeingD since 1950,
inssulation material for the USSR oil industry., which is sent to Baku and
the Georgian SSRO
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