ECONOMIC SITUATION IN LATVIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80S01540R004000150007-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 29, 2012
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: December 22, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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INTELLOFAX 99
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.
SECRET/CONTROL 'US OFFIC IAZS ONLY 50X1-HUM
COUNTRY USSR (Latvian SSR)
SUBJECT
'Economic Situation in Latvia
REPORT
DATE DISTR. 22 December 1953
NO. OF PAGES 1
REQUIREMENT No. RD
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
have been reduced. ,Farmers are being paid more for the products which they
turn over to the government. Prices on all consumer goods have been lowered
slightly. 'A. few products, as usual., are in short supply.
2. Following are the prices of some products in farm markets:
Price (in rubles)
Rye bread 1 kg 1035
Wheat flour 1 kg 3050
Potatoes; 1 kg .50
Meat ]: kg 11 to 20
Milk 1 liter 1 to 2
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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/08/29: CIA-RDP80SO154OR004000150007-0
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Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2012/08/29: CIA-RDP80SO154OR004000150007-0