POLISH-CZECH AGREEMENT STRESSES ACTION AGAINST COLORADO BEETLE

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• Publication Date: July 27, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL COIIflDGtIYI~L
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS
COUNTRY Poland; Soviet Zone Germany
SUBJECT Economic - Apiculture, forestry
Scientific - Insecticides
HOW
PUBLISHED Irregular, daily newspapers
WHERE
PUBLISHED Warsaw; Katowice; Schwerin
DATE
PUBLISHED 2 Apr 50 - 6 Jun 50
LANGUAGE I Polish; German
THIS T IC UI`TID CONTAINS WITHIN ATMt N4MINI OF IS-ONAOT D ACT 060
V. S. C., 71 AND 73. AN ANINDID. ITS THANSNIIIIOM ON TNT SIVRATION
0V TS NISITIDC IT LAW.. I I[PRODUCTION OF THIS FORM OIS1 "NONNINIITID. 10 rNo
SOURCE Newspapers as. indicated.
REPORT
CD NO.
DATE OF
DATE DIST. 027 Jul 1950
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
POLISH-CZECH AGREII4ENT STRESSES
ACTION AGAINST COLORADO BEETLE
WILL COOPERATE TO CONTROL PLANT DISEASES, PESTS =- Dziennik Ustaw, No 15,
17 Apr 50
on 22 January 1949, Poland and Czechoslovakia signed an agreement pledg-
ing cooperation on the control of plant diseases and pests. The two countries
:agreed to carry out inspection of agricultural crops to determine the inci-
dence of plant diseases and pests, with s'ecial attention to the followings
Pests -- Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata), potato nema-
todes (Reterodera rostochiensis), and San Jose scale (Aspidiotus perniciosus).
Diseases -- potato wart (Synchytrium endobioticum), and flax phlyctaena
(Phlyctaena linicola).
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the foci of infestation whenever such pests are observed in places heretofore
not infested. In the case of especially harmful insects, both countries pledge
mutual assistance in the form of professional services, poisons, equipment, and
,machinery.
Each country agrees to inform the other about all areas affected by the
pests and-diseases listed above. The list may be expanded as the need arises.
Because of the serious threat of the Colorado potato beetle to potato pro-
duction in Poland and Czechoslovakia, both countries agree to propagandize and
mobilize their entire populations for detailed inspection of potato fields to
discc' r and exterminate the pest wherever it appears. Specially trained workers
under skilled personnel will carry out detailed inspection of potato fields within
a radius of 10 kilometers of foci of infestation that are newly discovered or in
the process of liquidation. Wherever the potato beetle appears, regardless of
the extent of infestation, immediate: drastic control measures are to be taken,
based on the latest achievements of research and practical experience. A quaran-
tine of crops in the area will be set up in accordance with the recommendations
of the Plant Protection Services.
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All shipments of plant origin between the two countries require certifi-
cates issued by the State Plant Protection Services certifying that such ship-
ments are free of pests and diseases mentioned above. Both countries will is-
sue instructions that all shipments of products of plant origin from other
countries will be handled exclusively on the basis of certificates issued by
the Plant Protection Services. Both countries will set up limited border
areas through which imports of products of plant origin may enter. Imports
will be subject to rigid inspection to determine the degree of infestation.
The points of entry will be equipped with the necessary facilities for analy-
sis and disinfestation of products.
Poland and Czechoslovakia agree to a mutual exchange of information on
all laws and regulations governing the entry of shipments of plant origin, on
the progress and results of all research projects on plant diseases and pests
mentioned herein, and on the results of control measures. Information per-
taining to the discovery of the potato beetle is to be reported telegraph-
ically without delay.
Annual Polish-Czech conferences will be called to discuss problems of
controlling plant diseases and pests.
This agreement went into effect on 1 September 1949, the date on which
ratifying documents were exchanged between Poland and Czechoslovakia in War-
saw. The agreement will be in effect for 5 years and will be automatically
extended for a further period of 5 years, unless notice to the contrary is
given one year before the expiration of the first 5-year period.
PLANES USED TO SPRAY FORESTS -- Swiat i Zycie, No 17, 23 Apr 50
To combat forest pests such as tent caterpillar (acantholyda nemoralis),
nun moth (lymantria monacha) and "kornik drukarz," a tree-boring beetle,
specially adapted passenger aircraft are flown at an altitude of 50 meters.
The pilots use masks to protect them against the highly toxic spray.
The tree-boring beetle is already practically under control. This year's
spraying will be the third against the tent caterpillar and should be suffi-
cient for the control of that pest. Action is now being undertaken against
the nun moth.
FINED FOR NOT INOCULATING CHICKENS -- Rzeczpospolita, No 92, 2 Apr 50
The Court of Appeal:: in Katowice sentenced Jan Zdzuj, secretary of the
District Milk Cooperative in Opole to 4 years in prison. The defendant, a
wealthy farmer, while working as manager of a cooperative poultry farm neg-
lected to inoculate chickens against disease. As the result of his negli-
gence, 2,325 chickens worth 650,000 zlotys were killed in an epidemic.
SOVIET PLANES TO DUST FORESTS WITH INSECTICIDE -- Landes-Zeitung, No 128,
6 Jun 50
According to the Forestry Office of Sachsen, ten Soviet aircraft will be
employed within the next few days to fight the dangerous nun moths which at-
tack coniferous forest trees. The aircraft have arrived in Sachsen, where
they are being equipped with dusting apparatus. The Soviet aircraft will
spray Gesarol on 3,500 hectares of forest area within 20 days.
Almost 13,000 hectares of forest area were dusted by Soviet aircraft
last year.
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