CONSUMER PRICE INFORMATION/NOTES ON INNS, CAFES, RESTAURANTS, BARBERS

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000500400063-5
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• Original Classification: C
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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 20, 1999
• Sequence Number: 63
• Publication Date: February 15, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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AMO I... OF THE O.S. COOL. .S AY...... I.S ..At SY ISS IOM at .p!.
LAP% oT Its COWILNTS To Ot OLCLLT tT A11 OMAOTMOIITlb RtSOY IS
DATE DISTR./5 Feb 1954
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1. "My knowledge of conditions in Gdansk dates to Oct 53-
2. Consumer Prices
ollowing is a list of current. prices (in zloty) for certain consumer goods in
Gdansk, as of late Sept 53, compared to the prices (in kronas) for the same items in
Sweden, early Jan 54:
Item Price in Sweden Price in Poland
kronas) Zloty
Men's overcoat of gabardine 190:- 20C(_2500 in short
Sporting jacket (mocks) 300-400 v supshort
Trousers 42-- 6oo-'T0D 100
00 per cent
Bag (walizka) 40:- ?Cd
Slippers (leather) 45'- if-
Scarf (wool)
Workman's shirt
Overall
Belt (leather)
Shirt (poplin) 2545
Tic (silk) 9 :-
Beret 5:
Socks (nylon) 4:50 30 pure nylon
Socks (wool), thick 6:5p 50
Drovers (cotton) 80
Conauiver Price Information/Rotes on Inns, Cafes,
Restaurants, Barbers
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everteas without the concurrence of the
originating office through the ANi3 Cant Director of the office of Coneetton and Dlaaet3lnaiJ
This report Is for the use wlthln the USA of the Intelligence components the Dep pa i I
d of the artments or
Agencies Indicated above. It is not to be tranaaUtt
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Pajamas
,~L%ping u-g
Spirit-stove
Razor blades ('Gerlach')
Shaving brush
Ski boots
:'kin (only the boards)
Ski harness
Fat (scsaiec)
Chocolate, 125 grnn cake
Dark ale, 0.5 liter
Light ale, 0.5 liter
Porter, 0.3 liter
Fruit vine
Vodka, 1 liter
'Colored''vodka, 1 liter
rare alcohol, 1 liter
Denaturated spirits, 1 liter
Butter, 1 kg
Sausage
sugar
Bread
Bun (white bread) (50 gran)
Piece of cake (gateau)
Pork, 1 kg
Oranges, 1 kg
Apples, 1 kg
A dinner consisting of,.
at balls and potatoes,
one bottle of ale
Price in ~Iucden ['rice in i'o] nd
y C ronss) ~" -TI lot r
20 1^0-160
150 1200
1 zl. apiece
t:- 20
50 750-1a0
30
.'0
270
120
3:60 40
0:60-1:- 15
0:64
0:64
6-16 13-50
16:10 60
not available in Sveden 80-140
a pharmacy commodity 150 in all shops
15
6:90 60
4:50-9:- 30-50
1:25 15
1:- 3-4
:11 -.45
-:40 2.10
6:30
1-2.30
20
10
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imported chiefly
from Israel
more expensive than oranges
and in short supply
12
14 zl. at the railway
restaurant in Szczecin
3. In September 1953 quantities of rotten cucumbers were thrown away on the Polish
coast. Trucks loaded with cucumbers were driven to certain meadows in the coastal
area AN d,unloaded. At first the cucumbers had stood about in large barrels in the
ykr the food cooperatives. Then they were divided into two parts: those that
were rotten all through, were taken away and thrown on meadows in the. country;
others that could be used somehow were distributed among canteens subordinated to
ZPGG (Zaread Proton Gdansk-Gdynia, administration of the ports of Gdynia and Gdansk,
e.g.,-the canteens of Basen Weglowy, Kapitanat Portu, Zarzad Portu, etc. The
rotten cucumbers distributed to the canteens were packed in barrels. The workers
were indignant and said it vas a simple thing to preserve cucu ,crz - any housewife
is able to do it - but for the Socialist state it was too difficult a task.
It. "About 75 per cent of all the country inns have been closed down in Poland. At
present only a large village will have an inn. The private. inns which were alloyed
to exist in the small villages in the first years of People's Poland have been
liquidated and replaced by cooperatives (cpoldzielnie spoz)row). Actually, most
private inns were liquidated in 1947.
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"All co~r,aerati.ve i.; rm ri cLJ:;cd on em y3 - nd holidays. 'ihuj, thew pca_ants lr-:ve
nowhere to go to meet e .,^h other. ,suspect that thi,; on nurpoae.
I heard a C=' hn s =;,y that the fzrv -r:, kx_,d to dc,vote_ thc:!:1; vcc
to :h
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only - that'_wvz good enough for thee. (unfori.tuu-_tel_y don't, inn:,,: : ny dct_ils
about the Man; I stn" him at the Orbi:, l1e::t:.urant (formerly Gr--.nd Li i; in ;opot in
May or. tune of 1953. when tie cosnncnted on this remark, a friend t;,,Ld me that the
wan tire, a p:e:r#ant'~; ::gin bimzeLL r._nd hid been promoted through 'evens : oc,~elny' ? )
Cafes
6? Cafes (Cukiern.ie) still exist in the towns. On weekdays they are usually
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on Sisturldays and undny- of them are fu1.1 to capacity despite the extremely
high prices.
7? "1 piece of cake (gateau) cr - goc)u cak:. olu_: v,., y cna1]. cup of coffee costs
5 zl. owever, the ca kc;; f3 re goad. and the c oil c is the real thing. A whole
g r..ut costs about 3?-5 zl. A pari.nent wave (a hot one of course, not
~hc.m.zcal) costs about 35-50 ::1. Other prices for 4rooen's 1r.-ork are not knovn to me.
zs a rule, ,bout 15-- 'D per cent is added to every bill as payment for the 'service' .
:i5. "r. razor hide costs 1 zi. The o]_i :h blades are still of very bad quz:lity.
.?edish r t r blade,', r,.re in _, . -eat demand. " I
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