LIST SOAP, FATS RATIONS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600390123-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 19, 2011
• Sequence Number: 123
• Publication Date: April 23, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPOR'
INFORMATION FROM
FOP.EIGN DOCI'1MENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD P+O.
SUBJECT Economic; Socidlogical - Rationing
HOW
PJ BLISHED .Daily newspaper
WHERE
PUBLISHED Budapest
DATE
PUBLISHED 28 Feb 1951
LANGUAGE Eungarian
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INFORMATION 1951
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
LIS'1S SOAP, FATS RATIONS
On 1 March, rationing of .soap and Pats will be extended to Budapest,
Debrecen, Gyor, Miskolc, Ozd, Pecs, Salgotar,jan, Sopron, Szeged, Szolnok,
Szombathely, and Tatabanya and to certain mining and industrial regions.
Sugar and flour are already rationed in'these places. It was net neces-
sary to ration soap and fats in rural areas in which these commodities are
produced.
After a peasant has surrendered the required amount, he may,sell sur-
plus fats and other produce on the open market both within and outs,ideMareae
under rationing. Surplus products may be sold at prices higher t'h8n the
ration prices. I
The following rations are listed in decagrams:,
Suppiementary Coupon
Miner working unaerground
Physical labor, heavy
Higher level. intellectual
workers, outstanding
workers
Physical labor
Expectant and nursing
mothers
Infants up to 1 yeas
WorY.grs, university and
college students
Children 1-12 years
Other citizens
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Laid
Butter
Bacon
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50
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30
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60
50
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110
60
30
20
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110
60
30
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90
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20
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80
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20
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80
60
20
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80
60
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80
60
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80
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The period for which the ration coupons are itisued is not stated, but
is probably one month]
Basic and supplementary ration coupons Por expectant and nursing mothers
must be received at home Prom the government house representative by 3 March.
Other supplementary coupons are received at the place oP work.
Workers eating in shop cafeterias must surrender coupons .equivalent t~
20 decagrams of Pat for one meal and bO decagrams ?or two meals per month.
Every employed person, the spouse and children of an employed person,
employed persona' parents who do not have independent income, pensioners,
and those receiving state allowances and social security, aid will receive
ration coupons Por soap and fats. ?.ationed items are sold at a fixed price.
Other persons, including independent merchants, artisans, persons with an
independent income, and the unemployed, may purchase asap on the open market.
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The basic rv icrs oP Boa are 2C dxa a,,; oP 14~:nd; ? ~ ~. on
per month, and t.O decagrams of toilet soap perD2 months. Children 3-12 years
oP age are permitted 20 decagrams of laundry soap and 10 decagrams oP toilet
soap per month. Fifty decagrams of laundry soap and 10 decagrams oP toilet
soap per mono. are allowed Por infants unde* 3 years.
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