WILD HEMP NOT UTILIZED IN CHKALOV OBLAST

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600360952-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 22, 2011
• Sequence Number: 952
• Publication Date: December 18, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION SECRET SECRET
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFOP.MATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS
COUNTRY USSR - Chkalov Oblast
SUBJECT Economic -agriculture, hemp
HOW
PUBLISHED Daily newspaper
WHERE
PUBL'ISHED' Moscow
DATE
PUBLISHED ~ Feb 1950
LANGUAGE Russian
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REPORT
CD N0.
DATE OF
DATE DIST. ~~ Dec 1950
N0. OF PAGES 1
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REPORT N0.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
WILD HEtdP NOT UTILIZED IN CHKALOV OBLAST
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A large quantity of hemp grows wild in many regiona:of Chkalov Oblast, par-
ticularly along the banks of the Ural and Sakmara Rivera. In places, masses of
hemp cover areas of 10, 20, and even 40 hectares.
Wild hemp has smooth, thin stems. Wet straw of hemp produces not less than
20 percent hemp fiber from which cable, string, nets, burlep~ and sacks can be
made. Hemp seeds contain 25-30 percent oil. 011 cake made from processed hemp
ie used as feed for cattle:
If all the wild hemp growing in the Oblast were utilized, 2,500 to 3,000
tons of fiber could be produced yearly.
However, the hemp has not been widely used. Neither the Administration of
Agriculture of Chkalov Oblast nor the Industrial Cooperative 'want to bother with
wild hemp. Sacks, string, and hemp fiber for building are :brought into Chkalov
Oblast from the Ukraine, Udmurt ASSR, and other regions.
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