EAST GERMAN SEED CROP RESERVES

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Approved For Release 2006/11/15: CIA-RDP80-0081OA003600850006-2
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
3 March 1954
A tabulation showing the seed crop reservesyas of 31 November 1953, for the
various VVEABs (Verwaltung Volkseigener Erfassungs- and Aufkaufbetri.ebe)
(Government Collection and Purchase Agencies) in East Germany, follows:
(Ail f7 --s are in metric tuns)
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
_ Oats
VVEAB Summer Wheat Summer Rye Summer Barley
Planned Actual Planned Actual Planned. Actual Planned Actual
Rostock 750 1,460 - 129.2 460 580 540 694.5
Schwerin 500 1,265 500 357.4 250 483.8 610 656.5
Neubrand.en-
burg 1500 3,124.2 1500 478.8 950 1315.6 740 874.6
Potsdam - 474 1500 321 260 201 590 723
Frankfurt 250 321 - 18.2 500 526 270 544
Cottbus - 164.7 500 33.6 70 x'81.3 280 271.3
Magdeburg 3000 3,831 1000 218.9 690 1026 700 557
Halle 2000 3,553 32.4 870 1074 540 672
Erfurt 1000 1,366 - 26.4 980 1184 5~b 469
Gera 500 711.1 22.5 300 330.9 150 151.3
Suhl 84.7 - 2.9 180 165.8 110 154.2
Dresden 500 907:2 - 161.1 150 256.9 350 338.3
Leipzig - 950.9 '44.5 150 303 270 127
Karl-Marx-
Stadt
(Chemnitz) - 795 - 211 190 348 330 419
East '" 6,000 ,7,876.3 6,000 6,653.7
Germany 10,000 19,007.8 50001 2,057.9
1? Comment: The planned figure for summer rye of 5,000 metric tons-was reduced. to
, metric tons, according to,a letter of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry,
25X1 dated 24 November 1953?
25X1 25X1
East German Seed. Crop Reserves
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