ECONOMIC - FINANCE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600220556-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: R
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 27, 2011
• Sequence Number: 556
• Publication Date: April 25, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
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FOREIGF! DOCUMENTS OR RADIO 6ROADCA$TS CQ N?.,
COUNTRY Palan3
SUBJECT R.onca~'.o - F?nance
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Oa 15 Msroh the Soonomio Planning Committee of the Seim held a meeting.
On the agenda were loam (autonomous) eoono~gy nad residential constrLC.ion Sn
ebe national eoonaetla plan for 1949,
Deputy Cieslek Brae presiding officer of the awsuitLee. Deputy %tar (PSL)
made the report to the committee, stating that the economic plea for 1949 p]aaaff
emphasis on the need to eztend sad reader more effective the eooaonp of local
and eeotioml federations to the purpose of better eatibfying eoononic and eccial
re~aireieats of the working masses.
The work of looal calf-government has been included rithin the sphere of
planned ecorogy. Revisions in the budgetu of local z:.,J. seatioml governmeata
rill ba made oa the reoommeadntioae of the 9tnte Couaoil, oa the neeumptlon of
a balanced b?idget rith the e1d o* Loanl Governments' Sguslizatlon Fund,
The regu]ar budgstr ~fc: 1949 of tae local governments of all types, namely,
raral oommunities (2,989), oities (699), porint (270), ro~evodztro (14), Ynrsnr,
the capital city, and the oily o?' Twdz, amount to 61 billion zlotys. The special
bt~:Fste, rh'_ch include szpenditures for ao?unal inveetsente, emoupt to 22,76'x,000,000
slotye.
44-3e last ~ years shor the grorth of the comaunal ecoaaeq. The reg~i]ar nad
special buugets of the local governments Sn 191;5 amounted to 5 billion zloty;
la 1946, 15.6 billion zlotys; in 1947,j~t_bi,~lion zlotys; !a 19b8, 54 billion
zlotys; and 1n 1949, 82 billion slotye 1sf
For educ+stion, culture, health, sect social ;relfare the budget far 149 is
56,40x`,000,000 xlotye, rhioh is 44 percent of tlu satire budget.
Thirty b1111un slotye (37 percent of the total budget) have been allotted
for road building, street lighting, and various civil engineering pro3eote.
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L'q~ adain_e tretiYO purpas es, only 1? 600,000,000 zlotys (i9 percent of
:he total budget) ware ewlotted, while in 1945 the administrative expenses
s.,re ~$ percent of the total budget; in 1846, 4j percent; in 1947, 29 percent;
&?::A. i:a 19~s8, 2'_ peroent.
Fcr road maintenance, a quota of $,719,000,000 zlotys is ?~e regular budget
earl 3.7I5,000y^OQ xlotye in the special budget of the local governments were
allotted,. The 2tate investment nlau provided 2,257,000,000 zlotys for this
pu?poae.
ronstructio~ or reconstructign on tho following will be carried out during
lY+y4 $00 kiwometara of hard-surface xoada; 25 kilomet?ra of roads with aurfaae
imp?^vemeuta, 1.2 kilaRetort+ of steel bridges, 1.5 kilometers of steal-concrete
bxidges,2.7 kilometers of semi-steel bridges, 3.o kilometers of wooden bridges,
anu 275 kilometers of street construction.
Second in 1mpoY.tanrt+ in the expenditures o? the local governments are
grF+nts .far educational purpoee4.? For 1949, 9,322,000,000 zlotys are allotted
fqr this purpose as mgainet 5,515,000,000 -lotye Sa 1948. This is needy a
70-percent incrsa?e. Ia. addition to th1e,4,8f+2,000,000 zlotys are assigned in the
?pecal budget for the same purposes, sad 5,174,000,000 zlotys is the State
investment p7en.
~'or health meeeures, 7,~3,-000,000 zlotys are allotted. ''~hia ie 60.perccnt -.
greater they in 1948. The budget provides for the eupQort of 3,990 bospitale,
54,00 bola, and a turnover of 979,000 patients. In addition to the hospitals,
the following are malntaineds 17 sanatoriums with 3,130 bade and a turnover
of 14,600 patients; 19 preveatoriume with 1,720 bade and s turnover of 8,000
patients; 1,170 health centers; and 5,210 oom altation centers.
1~axt in importsaoe in local ezpendiRuree are those far pub~io welfare.
For 1949, 5,606,000,000 zlotys are allotted in the general budget ae against
2,753r000,000 zlotys for 1948. Tbie Se a 103-peroent increase.
The local and seotioaal governments ova 300 ;arms covering 36,302 hectares.
Yhether or not these goverr+aents sho11G possess ]each is open to question, Tuc??
penditurce :or this purpose have grown from 1,]25,000,000 zlotys in 1948 to
2,139,OOC,000 zlotys is 194q, Tne opinion ie that these governments should
devote their efforts to the support of agricultural education, increase in pro-
duction of livestock, and agricultural improvements.
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