ECONOMIC - AGRICULTURE, VEGETABLES, DELIVERIES, SUPPLY

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 9, 2011
• Sequence Number: 242
• Publication Date: October 27, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL
SECURITY INFORMr1TI0N
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS
COUNTRY Rumania
SUBJECT economic - :'lgriculture,
HOW suPP1Y
PUBLISHED Daily newspapers
WHERE
PUBLISHED Bucharest
DATE
PUBLISHED ~ - 17 Jul 1053
LANGUAGE :~umanian
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DATE OF
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REPORT NO.
JTILY DELIVERIES OF ;1GRICULTUR4L PRODiICTS III RUI?i 1Ni~.
i,rad Regiune
Recentlc, coliec;;ives of Sar+.ana and relnac communes saki 2,100 l:ilegrarns
of potatoes, 250 I;ilo;;rals of onions, 1115 i:iloCrams of cnbba;;e, and ll7 liters
of m11k on the ta?ad mar}:ct in only a few hours.(1)
The Cenndu-i??!ire Cooperative is able to ship 3-1C carl.oaA- o" potatoes and
vegetables to cit;; markets daily because it eta'orces the fu1fi11ment of contracts
with neacants.(2)
Bucharest Rci;iunc
The Dra;;anesti faion Agevacoouerative LCooperati?ra .isociatici Generale
Pentru Valor?ficarc-r?3t?icola? Cooperative of the General :,ssociation for Agri-
cultural Salc 7 is cnrryin,; on an intensive campaign to ircrrase food production
and deliveries. As ;a result, the Valeri Dairy Center processed 5,000 liters of
milk, the RadomiresT.i Dairy Center produced 1,500 'rilograms of cheese, and the
blihniesti Dairy Center produced 1,300 l:ilograrns of cheese and 1,000 i:ilograms
of heavy cream b; P? June 1?5?. Consequently, the Dradanest:i:lgevacooperative
delivered 30,000 ::ilograms of cheese in the first quarter of 195;.(3)
Cluj Regiune
The Cluj Red;iune people's council h~a arranged for an erchan;c of produce
with other ^~giunes. Cluj Regiune, for instance, itas sent lark quantities of
cabbage, turnips, etc., .?o Baia-Mare Regiune, and received other produce scarce
in Cluj from Oradea and Arad regiunes.(4)
The collectivists of Gadalin Commune sold 10,000 `ilogran;s o; potatoes,
5,000 kilo~?ams of cabbage, and 2,000 ;.ilo~~?ams of turnips at town merhets of
the regiune in j days.(5)
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?he collectives of Apahida Commune sold 3,000 kilograms of cabba~c, 3,000
Y.ilo~r?ams of onions, and 1,000 kilograms of turnips in the treighboring town.
Prices for many staples, including milk and dairy products, fats, end flour have
gone down in the commune.(5)
In nn effort to fulfill its quotas on time the Crabenisul-de-Campie Col-
lective brought 10,000 kilograms of potatoes tc the market on M>,l:ai Vitcazu
Souarc in Cluj in one day; however, the quality of the potatoes was below stand-
~d.(6) Byi6 July, the Grabenisul-de-Campie Collective had sold 15,000 kilograms
of potatoes, 2,500 r;llograms of white flour, and 50U kilograma of corn meal on
the Cluj market. The Mitiu-Oherlei Collective sold 3,500 kilo~ams of vege-
tables.(4)
Craiova ]?egiune
The Izbiceni Collective, Corabia Raion, supplied the colon cooperative with
486 l:ilop?ams of cucumbers, 796 }a1o~?acns of peas, f370 kilo;;t?ams of radishes,
550 kilo~z?nms of string beans, 640 kilograms of cabbage, and lame quantities of
onions, garlic, lettuce, etc,(?)
The Doldu Cooperative, Caracal Raion, induced peasants to deliver their
produce for June 1y53 in 15 days. The cooperative delivered to the ;1ge:vacoeuer-
ativc 395 }:llograms of ~cal.lions, 4,361 kilograms of potatoes, 1,203 }alograms
of cabbage, 607 kiloT,-rams of lettuce, 716 }a lograms of gre=r peas and other
vegetabl.es,(7)
On Sunday, 5 ,hrly 1953, cooperatives and state stores of the city oi' Craiova
sold 25,000 kilograms oi' vegetables on the city market. Frices for staples sold
at cooperatives and state stores were 50 percent lower than the prices on the
free marklograms of
stringy bea;;s, ;;nd 3,;;00 ::iii,};rams of cucumbers.(3)
Hungarian ,lutonomous Regiune
Fifteen collectives of the Hungarian Autor.om.uus Eeg;une brour;bt. t!:eir
produce to torn or, ?5 dune 1953. They sold their prcducts well below the cur-
rent mari;et nr>ces. On 2 July, another 16 collectives, including the Viata-
Cfoua Collective of ldicolesti-Ciba Commune, the Libertatea Collective of Ilieni
Commune, and collectives of );rnei, ilazana, and Panet communes delivered thousands
of kilorams of ve~etnbies to the market. Sorne of these collectives earned
12,000-20,000 lei from the sale of vegetables.(5)
Stalin Regiune
Collectives and individual peasants supplied cities of Stalin ReF;iune with
200,000 lei wortli of vegetables i'rom 1,673 hectares of hardens. They brought to
market vegetables worth 21,1)00 lei, r_hee^,e north 4q,500 lei., and 20,520 eggs in
the first week of July, The Drumu-llou Collective of CriE;tian Commune sold
vegetables worth ?,563 lei and egos, cheese, and lambs worth 20,483 lei on the
Stalin market. The F3?e,jmer Collective sold vegetables worth 13,274 lei and
animal products worth 2,524 1ei.(9) On 4, 5, and 6 July, collectives in Stalin
Raion delivcrrd 13,450 kilograms of potatoes, 4,585 1:llograms of cabbage, and
10,200 kilograms of onions.O)
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The 7 Noembrie ~nllective of Glamboaca Commune sold hundreds of !:iloo ams
of onions, carrots, and beans and 80 !:ilogramc of cheese on the Sibiu market.
The Olga IIanciuc Collective, Bradu Commune, sold hundreds of kilograms of pens,
carrots, etc., and shipped 50G kilograms of peas to Cisnadia at half price.(5)
Tt~e Sscadate Collecti??= sold 850 Y.ilograms of vegetables. The 6 Martie Col-
lective, Selimbnr Commune, and the Steau~ Rorie Collective nlso sold large
quantities of produce. The 6 Mnrtie Collective sold 23,700 l:ilotg?ams of
vegetables, 4,000 eggs, 1,200 kilograms of cheese, and 5,000 liters of milk to
cooperatives on the Sibiu market on 22 July 153. The collective earned 72,000
lei from these sales.(5)
Timisoara Regiune
Aprozar (,lprovizionarea, State Supply Center} ..^,o1d more than 200,000
Y.ilograms of vegetables on the Resita market between 1 to 10 July 1953?(10)
1.
Munca, 2 Jul 53
2.
Romania Libera, 3 Jia 53
3.
tlunca, 4 Jul 53
4.
Romania Libera, 16 Jul 53
5.
6Sunca, 10 Jul 53
Romania Libera, 10 Jul 53
7.
Ibid., 9 Jul 53
8.
Munca, 11 Jul. 53
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Ronania Libera, 8 Jul ~3
1.0.
Munca, 17 Jul 53
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