SHORTAGE OF GLASS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A000300390001-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 29, 2001
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: March 6, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2001/11/21 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA000300390001-5
CLASSI CENTRAL INTELLIGEai~C~I>1C1;Rri,ION
REPORT NO,
COUNTRY
INFORMATION REPORT
Poland
CD NO.
DATE DISTR.
6 t~.rch 1953
SUBJECT
PLACE
ACQUIRED
C1 orta. a o:~ Glass
NO.OF PAGES
NO.OF ENCLS.
DATE OF
SUPPLEMENT TO
INFO.
REPORT NO.
Glass is generally difficult to r,roculu in Poland; specif cad l.y, the
following types oi' glass are hard to '1-)tain:
TIII. OODUMUST CONTAINS INF,]NMATION .TPECT N0 THE NATIO00 . DJ NNBE
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M.S.Q. *1 AID tt.A$ AMEND*O~ ITS TRMSMI3*lON ON THE MNLATION
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ININ3O OT GAD! AEPROO91CY&ON OR T111S FORM U1 -EOHIOIT&f,
and Ieve indicator;;,
c) class for all.. types of rranomete^s,
d) Glass for carc-erterls levels,
a) Glass tubes for ata~ls
b) "'iO.inger+s" glass.
ater glass (saklo wodne),
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DISTRIBUTION
STATE NAVY ON J_ ~' "'"
ARMY AU ~, ! _ y
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f) ;.indo: ~anirg; *?-,,at little t.t,ere is is made from reclaimed glass,.
g) Safety glass for automobile wri.ndows ca.ll.ed Securite.
h) Glass for autoobile he,rdlights.,
i) Optical glass; when spectacles are broken, it takes about 10 day
to replace the lenses. Colored glasses are usually r;'ade from
celluloid..,
j) Lenses of?all types; magnify'.ng glasses are oractic,_ll?~ unobtainable,
Camera lenses, though obtainable in some areas at the Central Goods
Store (Centralny r'om Towaro,xy) (CDT), are very exr-er si.ve.
k) Bottles of all types are ver; difficult to obtain; customers now
bring their own bottles to pharmacies when they ish edicine or
when they want to purchase liluids in other tyres of stores,
1) .Laboratory glassware is extremely scarce estecially thermometers,
glass tubing and beakers?
Approved For Release 2001/11/21 : CIA-RDP80-0081OA000300390001-5