FORESTRY, AGRICULTURE, LIVESTOCK IN THURINGIA

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R001000310005-5
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• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 11, 1999
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• Publication Date: October 23, 1947
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE GROUP
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COUNTRY Germany (Russian Zone)
SUBJECT
ORIGIN
Forestry, Agriculture, Livestock
in Thuringia
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further depletion of the forests:
and transportation which will be necessary i i,order to f11 . this
quota, The most dangerous part of he situa ion lies in the fact-,-
that, in spite of the disastrous s:_ a of the quota, even ILe most
-pressing needs for. wood will not be met; exc~ edingly small a nounts
of timber for purposes of reconstr .a.ctior. are on hanch Be,:. asa of
the acute shortage of fuel for the :ivi-l_an )pula~ion du. .ng the
coming winter, the state government was forcc.:d to order tt:tr.t one
million five hundred thousand cubic meters o., wood be cut :.n addi?
tion to the four million three hundred th.ous,:.nd cubic met,-,-s raen-
tioned above. At the same time, numerous ob. tacles have opposed
the introduction of extremely necessary reforestation fteacsttres,
There is a shortage of seed and of trained w.rkers to attond to
the cultivation of the young trees Linistea~ Gross, propc~.;ed
that the following steps be taken by the gov-rnment to provent
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hundred thousand cubic meters, three times tl- oo normal yeas r amo;
Thuringian forest reserves are almost comple ,,ly exhausteddc.: nev
ers the uota of mood to be cut during 194`; is four milli o>r+ t
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various fields of the economy with which it concerns
first question discussed by Ministe ' Grosse = ,,is that of thhE
Thuringian forests.. In this connection, he S. .ited that the
the problems and difficulties confronting thl.s ministrydin the
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1. On 24 July 1947, MirJister Georg Grosse of the Ministry of Supply
of the state of Thuringia reported to the state legislature on
Af Rr the end of 1947 there must be a reduction ._ii the
PIPM U ?t of wood cut. -
b. Trees may 'be felled only in those al?eas where th ,e is
adequate transportation to provide 'or their imm eft late
removal and disposition.
C. Sufficient scientifically train ed p,-.rsonnel must ?:e
made available,
d. Seed must be selected for purposes -'f reforestation-.
.s document is hereby regraded to
CO M AL in accordance w.th Vie
letter of tower 1373 from Cie
Director of Cen e!;~gence to the
Archivist of the Unite s.
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2, Minister Grosse next spoke on the subject of agriculture, in
which branch of the economy a critical situation has prevailed
because of the shortages of workers seed., and. fertilizers.
Spring plantings began late beeau5e of the uriuly long and hard
iinter. The shortage of seed constituted the greatest problem;
since the Ministry of Supply has no control over the supplies of
grain which have been collected, it :r;as unable to make grants of
seed grain from its stores. Througai the personal efforts of
General Kolesnichenko, a loan of sixteen thousand five hundred
tons of grain and forty-two. thousani tons of seed po tatc-ss ' No's .
obtained. Minister Grosse expressed the hope that the harvest of
these items would at least equal that of the past year. A. `ego
table shortage is to be anticipated du,ing the coming winter
months, and it is felt that the amount of larl used in the culti-
vation of vegetables must be increased. Thuringia still possesses.
a relatively large amount of livestock, as cc.::pared with ot.3er
parts of the Russian Zone. This is indicatec' by the following
table, which shows the figures for 1938 and r ,r June 1947,
198
June 1~
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Horses
939800
771-700
Cattle
58
567, .j00
Hogs
(118,000
434bO00
Sheen
189000
1 7;000
Goats
248,000
3564000
The main problem in this connection is the provision of sufficient
fodder and it may become necessary., to reduce the li.;restock in
order to conserve grain for hianan consumption, Minister Grosse
stated that the following mee 3ures should be taken to impr i're the
agricultural situation:
an A production plan should be drafted which is based on
the production of the individual far,m?
ba A unified agricultural policy must bc? established,
C. Preparations must be made to increase the supply o.f
artificl_al fertilizers during the coming year,
d. The farmers must be allowed to retain certain amou:.it s
of their produce to be used as seed. his would solve
many problems o storage, transnorta-,ion, and supply.
e. to more agricultural products anc~, se,?d must be bor'.ovr?ed,
since this ha% a demoralizing effect on the farmers. The
following amounts are already o