INSUFFICIENT SUPPLY OF POTATOES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004000600009-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 18, 2009
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: May 18, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

Approved For Release 2009/06/18: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA004000600009-2
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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COUNTRY East Ge..x wy
I-a?aufficte'rst Supply of Potatoes
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Soot}ona 793 and 794, of the U.B. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
.t , oz bad, wel t.ber at1i : the shortage and' poor quality of sees.. potatoes.
in ~, 95 &v.d 1953, seed: potatoes had mainly been used for consumption by the populatioill
&ndome types of potatoes previously used were no longer suitble for sowing,
bec,auee t1my bad lost their garL inating power. 11 25X1
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t e potato crop had reac
1 f 'e mar-S a In 1953i as against 5,000 to ,000 kg in previous years.
the Mistituta of the Academy of Agricultural Science, which, in 1932 ,
,d ov!e u1fil,led their harve potato quotas
bye`s 230,000 kgQ in 1953, the or crop resulted
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'E, ;i ty ,em;i;y Novft,bv4r 1931, ozUy two out of 65 employees of an institute in Eberswalde
hi& rec a ved a turage potatoes. During the perio& from 1 to 6 Nov$mber 1953) the
a;estac,rakc+~ is a ar walde served only two potato dishes. Only 10 percent
d: t t1i so-called potato dishes were served: with potatoes. On 31 October 1933, the
war,k,exe l miss of the Eberswulde Bau Union was closed don for lack of potatoes.,
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1,8 0 r t: The report indicates a crop of 12,000 kg of potatoes per hectar
in 1 as t nst a standard prewar yield of 18,000 kg. This poor yield: and the
"crease is ply+t d rierdaa resulted: in a crop of only 10 million tons of potatoeb.
as aSkirst Imo: average crop of about 15 million tons.
AEC 1 Dim E'y
18 May 1954
W.-Lin-ann P%1-16 fad By " X" 1 Plaid Dhfrlbutlen By
25 YEAR RE-REIEW
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