RATIONING IN RUMANIA

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600030098-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 2, 2011
• Sequence Number: 98
• Publication Date: October 11, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE
ACQUIRED
DATE OF INFORMATION
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DATE DISTR. 1/ Oat 1952
NO CF PAGES 5
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SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
1. 7n Rumania the ration cards for all ratior_ed articles were issued
by the People?c Councils (Sfaturi Popula e). These cards were
only issued through the enterprise or inatallatioa at which a
person web employed. A representative of the enterprise'dre)i the
ration cards for all employees after firs', presenting thu
necessary docur!entE-'.icn,
The repre-
sentatiren of the Security Service (Secret Police) and of the
Communist Party could receive ration cards without giving a
detailed list of persons for whom the ration cards were requested.
They did this on the basis of a request from Security or Party
headquerters (these cards were usually of category "H").
People who owned over one hectare of arable land, even If they
were government employees, were not given ration cards. This
else applied to fora>r members of the bourgeois classes, people
with any private stogie or shop, and farmers with more than one
hectare of lard and not kolkhoz members. The unemployed were
also generally without ration cards. Military officers ahd
NCOis who lived on separate rations with their families had no
rir'ht to ration ca.de (although their dapindents hod ration
cards;, because they could eat with their unit.
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J`yr:aed aria ~tweet~ pr1yate sons desiringq to sell or buy
31?`f?erent artf^les. These s envies made a ofit for-the
government. The seller had to furnish detailed data on the
articles for sale, especially on cameras, machinery, and radio
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a c3ttzens from aokmsrKeteers t. s,
they were establiishedprrtly iii order
q o make profit rem . t c es .ch
peep e, espec a Iy emigran~s to s~ael, were forced to sell before
Miring' the country.
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4. In 1951 the following ration cards were in force in Rumania:
(a) Food ration cards
(b) Clothing ration cards
(c) Fuel (firewood and coal) ration cards
(d) Kerosene (lighting) ration cards.
5. The food ration cards were issued every three months; the other three,
annually. The food ration cards were divided into the following
categories:
(a) Dl - For wives and other dependents (except children);
(b) D2 - For children up to 14 years of age. After 14, they obtains!
their cards from school or their place of employment. Pregaht
women (after sixth month), were also entitled to this card, in
addition to the Dl card;
(c) C For light work employees (both white collar- and industrial);
(d) B - For heavy work employees (such as night workers, highly
responsible intellectual workers, telephone and radio operators
and a?? Party activator#;
(e) B1 - For very heavy workers (eg, train drivers, vessel mechanics,
textI a factory workers and kolkbos workers);
(r) A - For exceptionally heavy workers (of, miners, civilian flying
personnel, stokers of seagoing vessels).
6. The clothing ration cards were divided into the following categories:
(a) D - For w:vee and children of laborers;
(b) C; (c) B; (d) B1; (a) A - Same as for food ration cards,
7. The fuel ration cards were divided into the following categories:
(a) C - Unmarried laborers (1000 kg of wood or coal per year);
(b) B - married men occupying two rooms (2000 kg per year);
(c) BI - Married ren- with one or two children, occupying three roans
(3000 kg Par year) ;
(d) A - Married men with, four children or more, occupying five
room (3500-13000 kg per year).
8. The price of firewood was 2000 lei for 1000 kg and it was available
only Pt government rationing wore.. The kerosene ration cards W$ft
available only to laborers. In cat* both the husband and wife wersa;
laborers, each had one card. Students above a certain age (age
unknown) were also entitled to one ration card. The ration o2 kbro-
aene was three liters per south. The price of kerosene, which-was
only available' at government ratiwa, stores, was between 10-20 lei,
par liter.
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9. Approximate rations for food articles were by categories and were
as fol-owes:
(b)
(C)
(d)
(a)
Bread (brown) in grams
(1)
D1 - 250 gr
The price of bread w
as 1
.4 lei/vg at
(2,,
D2 - 300 gr
state ration stores.
stores white bread (
A
the
t state free
only kind
(3)
C
- 350 gr
available) cost 140
available only once o
lei/
r t
kg and wf-s
wice a week.
(4)
B
- 500 gr
Bread was not availab
market.
le
on the black
(5)
B1 - 750 gr
(6)
A
- 1000 gr
Sugar (beet extraction)
Dl - 750 gr
D2 - 800 gr
C - 1000 gr
B - 1250 gr
BI - 1500 gr
A -1750gr
in grams per month:
The price of ground sugar was 58 lei/lvg
at state rationing stores; 64 lei/lvg
for whole sugar mho
however, was-often -reduced vtoone =th'a
ration for a three month period. Snrar
was also available about twice a ylgr
at the state free stores at 200 lei/g.
None was available on the black market,
Tha s)rkfl,.wer oil ration was the sane as for sugar. The prise
at state ration stores was approsisatel
120
y
lei
wThi as sometimes reduced to one month's amount for a three moenthbiolt
Period. On the black market sunflower oil cost 300-400 1e1/1.
The near, ration (about the same for beef and pork) was the same,
ragardless of work categories. The meat ration was 1000 gr per
week z' _ ^ -he head of the family if he were in the field of
= ce.^ week for each dependent. :hc of park
':;,r stores 7.- lel jkg; beef was Sc iei/kg. The
meat ;jtirr wai $ .etimes available only once during a
available at state free, stores
(e) F42''.:t3^eouo ar' f Ties (eg, macaroni, spaghetti ?ttp) were rationed
wale ;?rovir;.ors a.s chose for sugar. The price, at
a:'a ;ion stores, was 60 lei/kg, but these articles were not
available in the reouired quantity); at the state tree
these foods cost up. to 200 lei/kg. None were available
;::a^.k -mvke:.
'laundry or:ly) wac z ..coned in the same amounts as sugar,
1'cslrt soap, which was not rationed, cost 60-180 lei/100 Sr at
state free stores. Criy ,Laundry soap was available on the
block market.
10. The above six articles were on the ration card
whic ,, but other articles
h were in short supply were also rationed. When these latter
articles were purchased the q:xnitity was entered ?.n the ration card.
The following articles were acs:, rationed, although available in
small gt.antities at state free stores:
,(a) Potatoes - 25 kg per person (regardless of category) per year.
Price: 20 lei/kg; 40 lei/kg at state free stores;
(f)
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!e' Kg L -?ers;. ear. Pr.i:e. 40 lei/kg;