ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN WROCLAW

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A002700310001-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 15, 2011
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: November 6, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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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 U.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 is prohibited.
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COUNTRY Poland
1. Employment in Wroclaw (Breslau) is secured only through the Central Employment
Office, but the regulations are not strictly adhered to by enterprises. Persons
are often employed and the Employment Office notified later. This is particularly
true in the case of Party members seeking work, and accordingly they enjoy greater
freedom in choosing their place of employment.
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2. Managers and employees i r sponsible with the exception of bookkeepers,
must be Party members. the shortage of expert accountants
has caused the relaxation o is rule.
3. Wages range from 600 to 800 zloty per month for an unskilled laborer. The average
salary of an engineer or administrative official is between 1,500 and 2,000 zloty,
and that of the general manager of a medium size organization, 2,500 zloty. Engineers
are allowed to accept additional work (drawings, etc.) to be done at home, from the
enterprise which employs them,and are paid for this separately. Managers and assistant
managers receive premiums on various occasions during the year.
~. The only deduction made from a worker's wage is for income tax. An unmarried employee
pays 108 zloty on a monthly salary of 1,600 zloty. Social insurance, medical care,
etc., are available free of charge to all employed persons.
5. Young people between 16 and 18 years of age who are not at school are conscripted
for two gears of national service. This consists partly of premilitary training
and partly of work in various government public works projects. They usually serve
the two years in their home town, but are accommodatdd`insinilitar".barracks..and are
trained and supervised in their work by army instructors.
6. There are 20 bridges over the Oder River at Wroclaw. Several were damaged during the
war but have been repaired since.
7.'The UB (Security Police) and the Regional Police Headquarters for Lower Silesia are
accommodated in a large building on Muze A1na Street.
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Economic Conditions in Wroclaw
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8. Heavy industrial enterprises at Wroclaw include:
a. Archimedes Screw Factory.
b. Communications Equipment Plant (Wytwornia Sprzetu Komunikacyjnego.), producing
vehicle accessories.
9. The farmers have no incentive to keep part of their produce as prices on the free
market are often lower than those paid by the official marketing organizations.
Since food rationing was abolished in January 1953, all products can be obtained
openly and in any required quantity at official prices. There is virtually no black
market in food products, and only a very small difference between free and official
prices when seasonal shortages occur.
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