THE AGRICULTURE PROBLEM (CONTINUED)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP62S00545A000100080011-6
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 8, 1998
• Sequence Number: 11
• Content Type: REPORT

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The Agricultural Problem (continued)
Khrushchev has been closely identified with Soviet agriculture
during the period since Stalin's death. Thus, the effectiveness of
recently adopted policies in increasing agricultural production has
considerable political significance to Khrushchev. In this respect
he has been rather lucky because of fortuitous weather conditions
in several recent years but particularly in 1958 when a bumper crop
was produced.
With respect to the current year, Khrushchev recently said that
crop prospects were good throughout the Soviet Union with the
exception of the Volga Region and some parts of the Urals Region.
However, other available information suggests that prospects for
the 1959 harvest at present are less than good.
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Questions on Soviet Agricilture(Continued
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5. What are the current prospects for the 1959 harvest in the USSR?
6. What measures are to be taken to effect the planned transfer of
agricultural labor to industry during the Seven Year Plan?
7. To what extent will rural villages be consolidated and
reconstructed into agrogorods by 1965?
8. Why was Khrushchev'a May 1957 program for catching-up with the
U.S. in the per capita production of Meat, in 1960-61, and Milk
and Butter by 1958 dropped?
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