RESTRICTIVE MEASURES AGAINST PRIVATE ENTERPRISE AND WORKERS IN WROCLAW

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CIA-RDP80-00810A001200630001-8
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December 21, 2016
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March 30, 2009
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May 21, 1953
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REPORT
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Approved For Release 2009/03/30: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA001200630001-8 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY INFORMATION REPORT This Document contains Information affecting the Na- tional Defense of the United States, within the mean- ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the V.S. Code, as amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited by law. The reproduction of this form 19 prohibited. SECRET/CONTROL - U.S. OFFICIALS ONLY SECURITY INFORMATION REPORT SUBJECT Restrictive Measures Against Private DATE DISTR. 21 May 1953 Enterprise and Workers in Wroclaw NO. OF PAGES 1 DATE OF INFO. REQUIREMENT NO. RD 25X1 This is UNEVALUATED Information THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE. THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE. (FOR KEY SEE REVERSE) 1. In August 1952 approximately 1,500 families in Wroclaw (Breslau), who were engaged in private businesses, received orders to move at least 50 kilometers from the city. This order was not enforced, reportedly because elections for the Seim were in progress. In June 1952 the Wroclaw authorities begart%to issue permits for private enterprises and even to.provide space for those who obtained permits. When these enter- prises were well established, they were taxed so heavily that not one was able to pay the assessment. 3. In the fall of 1952 many workers were. discharged by their cooperatives. They were not hired by other businesses;, ; s.jnce? the aimnoI'_ithis action. was to force them into the coal mines. 4,. Street searches are carried -out t?eglr] arty; ;atadc; thr)sei:.found ,without'. work( cards are imprisoned for two to three months. If one is caught a second time he is sentenced to six months or more in prison. Some men who were 60 years old ,have been arrested for failure to have a work card. The Wroclaw prisons are always overcrowded, even though prisoners are taken da ly to labor camps. A cell in the large prisons on Ulica Sadowa and Ulica Kleczko, -inwhich the Germans held three inmates, now hold 10 to 14 inmates. Many prisoners are held for long periods at police stations. Approximately 10,000 prisoners are alwayo held in Wroclaw. SECRET/CONTROL U.S. OFFICIALS ONLY STATE E, X ARMY X NAVY X AIR X FBI AEC (Note: Washington Distribution Indicated By "X"; Field Distribution By "#".) Approved For Release 2009/03/30: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA001200630001-8