FARM COOPERATIVES IN EAST GERMANY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A003000440010-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 10, 2009
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: December 11, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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Approved For Release 2009/03/10: CIA-RDP80-00810A003000440010-9
;EINTRAL INTELILICENCE AGENCY rP0 T
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COUNTRY .East Ger any
SUBJECT Farm Cooperatives in Last Ger rnary
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ACQUIRED
DATE OF
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q 025X1
DATE DISTR. 'I December 1c,W-1
NO. OF FADES 1
NO. OF ENCLS.
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SUPPL_EI'1ENT TO 25X1
REPORT NO.
THIS IS UNEVP.LUATED INFORMATION
In es.rl y June 1953, 5,010 cooperatives, including 447 in Rostock, 394 in 25X1
8onwerin, 413 in t41eubranJenburg, 441 in Potsdam, 219 in Frankfurt/Oder,
."14 In Cottbus, 645 in Ballet 630 in ,- ebw 305 in ITre s ' en, 428 in
Leipzig, 256 in Chemnitz, 258 in d'art, 270 in Gera and 90 in ;uhl, were
registered in East Berlin. They wer'e' established vaith a total credit
of 20,,OOO0O00 eaofi: .zkse. la-early August 1953, their number had dropped to
about 2,7O0';,ar..d most of those still in existence were _ to be disbanded
because large numbers of fame. -s had left. The govt~nment planned to
support those which had proved economical tr t was unable to check the present
development after the voluntary character of the cooper4tivat$ h--:id bee:,
emphasized in conjunction with the neg.- course policy.
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Approved For Release 2009/03/10: CIA-RDP80-00810A003000440010-9