MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION ON THE MINISTRY OF FOOD

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002100700008-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 23, 1998
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: December 22, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

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Inga Lud.^iila Jankovcova, : inister of Food, daily gets largo rtunbers of anoi?.vrnnns
letters coriplaining about the sorry food c tur.tion. "'1e letters are uxstully
signed with such naves as Antonia Hubena, Hiadove, ;1e: i aotilova (" liungry" ,
"Skinny", etc.). The following are oxcorbts fro so.: e of these let er' :
"It is all t tell and good that we are celebrating the bandrool- hJh.
suniversar7 of the abolition of serfdom, but how about the
regular Sunday work brigades in which we are forced to ptrticip,.-
Are they not serfdom?...:}
"t!e are dining and stuffing Greek chil.1ren, but our own eh-i lr~,.,~:en
o.re suffering from undernourishment,,..."
Some time ago, in an attempt to counteract the "rumors" about Czechoslovak ship..,
rents of batter to the L11ast, Ifinister Jc.nkovcova pronicett a T;. special. early-
ration card to anybody who could snecifYr concrete instan(s3s of such dxno 4~ .
This announcerient, according to informant, started a flow of let. rr, evpecial6.;
fron railroad errplovveoa. specifying the dates, car nur'boi-r, dortination, tmd
contonts (knitter, sugar, flour, potatooc, cattle) of shipr,nts to the m., tcrn
:uronean countries, In infor?^.ant's estimation, 90' of these chips tints ix.-rut to
the Russian Zone of Germany.
Letters containing threats ere not rare. The following letter, received rec,rt_
was submitted to the Cabinet of ; inister. a
"Soon the day of reckoning gill core and yca trial al1 be :-itt l-^
behind bars. Tondo. Lopata ("Shovel", rofer^ing to Zap0tot*7-,) 1:a ,
already been desig ted as =kapod, having h,~d a first cla: a, e:-
perience in that type of work with the DutcL., so you have sore
thing to look forward to
4. In answer to a steady stream of complaints of students, tra.ik:seen, and hQ-x;e rives
(for whom no special rations have bcorized), a.inistoi Jankoviceve d -*,,o
her secret4^ry: "Tell then that the l ,roposaic of w. i iuistry 1w,1ro ro jc -d
b'- the Cabinet and that something c different was ,oted. lot ieai ?a"ke
their con plaints to Prasna Brans." Cor~ent; Cor.imunlst Party; He~~dciuarter;
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5. Bohumil Bilek, former rightist Social Democrat and secretary of ti.iniatery Majer,
today is a fanatical Cam uniet and "ezpert)' in the Ministry of Food. He
writes Jankovoova'e public speeches.
6. In August 1948 Minister Jankovoova received a letter from the District Committee
of the Communist Party in Cbrudim inviting her to come to Chrudim without
delay and deliver one of her "masterly public addresses in order to counteract
the public addresses of Archbishop Baran and 14onsignor Tylinek, who have spoken
olevirly against our ;,:artist ideology and have shattered the working morale of
the Sunday brigades by their statements 'Remember the Sabbath day to keep it
holy', and by their reference to the supremacy of the spirit over matter".
7. Presidium Chief~Ctibor (formerly Tibor) Brieger, a Jew of Hu_lgarian origin, is
referred to as "the villain" of the Ministry of Food. It is reported that he
wields considerable power and that Jankoveova must make concessions in everything.
Brieger is also a *neeber of the Economic Section of the Central Committee of
the Comr ist Party. Ile negotiates pure'laces of meat and fats in Rumania, Poland?
and Hungary. The supply of neat is reported to be "catastrophically lovil, The
monthly domestic production is as a rule exhausted try the middle of the month and
the rest must be purchased abroad. Full detail are not available. It is further
reported that Czechoslovakia. as recently been buying meat from Argentina through
intermediaries in Holland.
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