RESISTANCE OF POLISH PEASANTS TO COMPULSORY DELIVERIES

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000700160088-6
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• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 8, 2011
• Sequence Number: 88
• Publication Date: January 15, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION. CoNnDENPIAL.
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS
COUNTRY Poland
SUBJECT Sociological - Peasant opposition
Economic - Agricultural
HOW
PUBLISHED Daily newspapers
WHERE
PUBLISHED Poland
DATE
PUBLISHED 3 Jul - 10 Oct 1953
LANGUAGE Polish
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SOURCE As indicated
REPORT
CD NO.
DATE OF
DATE DIST. / s Jan 1954
NO. OF PAGES 5
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
be following articles from six Polish newspapers concerning
peasant sabotage of compulsory grain and livestock deliveries may
give some indication of the extent of opposition of peasants to the
compulsory delivery program of the Polish government.
Although daily newspapers from several areas of Poland are cited
in the report, the majority of reports of kulak sabotage appeared in
the Poznan press-7
KULAKS SABOTAGE CCMPUISORY DELIVERIES OF LIVESTOCK -- Koszalin, Glos Koszalinski,
3 Jul 53
The peasants have been making contract deliveries and selling livestock
on the free market before fulfilling their compulsory deliveries. The annual
plan for deliveries of livestock has not even been 23.7 percent fulfilled,
whereas it should have been at least 42 percent fulfilled by 22 June 1953.
This situation has come about since passage of the resolution of the Council
of Ministers, dated 3 January 1953, which permits peasants to sell their surplus
goods on the free market after fulfilling their compulsory deliveries.
For example, in June the CS (Gminne Spoldzielnie, Gmina Cooperatives) at
Lekowo, Bialogard Powiat, bought 36 head of livestock at contract and free market
delivery prices from village speculators, mostly kulaks who had not fulfilled
their compulsory deliveries.
At Darlowo, Wladyslaw Maron of Krupa Oromada sold a bull at free market
prices in spite of the fact that he was 626 kilograms of livestock behind in
compulsory deliveries.
Jozef Kowalski from Jacinki sold the GS a fattened pig although he was
"only" 2,206 kilograms of livestock in arrears.
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Where the collecting organization is conscientious in applyin^ the refu-
lations on con,pu'.sory deliveries for livestock, the kulaks and speculators use
various method; to deceive the stL e and illegally obtain the price differential
which exists between compulso-y and free market deliveries. For example, the
kulaks from Zieleniewo, Slawno Powiat, used Kedziolek, a peasant with small
holdings, to se]'. their pigs on the free market for them. Likewise. livestock
was sold on soc:e,.nr _1se's certificate of fulfillment of compulsory dc; *:cries
of livestock.
The ;3 .t L.-.ergo uncovered 36 kulaks tho were speculating and forced them
to fulfil. L their eo:r_,u'.:;ory de Liveries or '.ivestnck. On 3 - 4 July 1,153, a
special .,eotin; is to be held in each cf the powiats and gminas to Lnulyze
'.;he r< .c ?:?? ;shy c ;:;-,ulr.ory deliveries of Livestock hrvs not been fulfilled,
.nd on hv.: to n L? t:,,: .reuses.
I:JLf::^, II] _IiiC:: DOTAGE GRAI;] DELIVERIES --Zielcna Gore, Gaeetr
Sie].onogorz: , -_ ;3
During sprint; Q, ,U 53, Antoni ':cjtas of i?liedoradz Grom: do , 'Lielorr: Gera
Iowiet, secretly ccid i?r,in in Lie lone Gore and also in Gl.ogowo. In 155;-, he
deceived the people's %,;thoritics by saying that he could not fulfill the Grain
delivery tuote l,ec.:use he did not hvc any grain left. In 1953 he is doing the
sane thing.
Jan filkowski of Bobrowni!:i cold coarse meal and has no intention of ; l-
fil.'.ing his compulsory deliveries. Luduil: Dazanek and lream! _u Ligenza of
Iliedoradz retained uite a few ;uintal.s of grain for ther.sclves without ful-
filling their compulsory deliveries. The Powiat Circuit court (I'owi:.towe
Kolegium Orzek,.,):,ce) at Otyn, on the recommendations oC the Presidium of the
GRIT (Gniuna Ilarcdowa Rade, Gain:: Pommels Council), ounished ;;tenislaw
Pankiewicz from iliodoradz Grcm_d,_ with fine of 2,000 zloty, for being ::,O O
]cilo;;rwns of gr~in in arrear::.; Leon d Zochowski fro-1 Bobrc:miki Gromada was
fined 500 zloty.; for ache: ; on ti,a free narl.ee while beink in crre::rs for
compulsory deliveries; and 3ten1z; _c: Opiotno fined .2,0GO zlotys for being
945 trite;;r:mc of ;;rain in -rre.:rs.
KIJL.`.K Li GIII: k1IO P61I::T Icsnan, C'_cs ?d iell:opolskl,
26 deP 53
I[:_I:symilian Swidershi, a peas::nt wii is ._G-hoot ire f. r;,;, of ;:i.ll:r rr.
Crc:: Lder, :lieleszyn Gnin., Gnie;:no Powi,tit, is s otpnse1 the
deliveries a number of tires. Plot only h:.s he -:voided fulfillinL, his ~:uot_a
but he has attempted to influence the ?.ill go pe scnts by asking them to make
l to deliveries. The village peasants, however, exposed his mr:chin:.tions.
This "ail-al: sa,.boteur hcs been arrested nd will be punished shortly.
:UL li HID GRAIN IN :PILL -- Poznan, 'Llos :Ii_U:opol.ski, 27 den 5'.
buses were unr; dune; a inspection of entoni Terebus' r;iL ed
at Rob:kowo, Kornic Gr_r:: i'cs:ial. ether things, it u.-s :aped
Franeiozek of Robdo.vc had hidden 1,750 kilograms of ryerui~ the
mill. llic planned uoti of deliveries was l'j,