CONFERENCE OF SED INNER CIRCLE ON ECONOMIC POLICIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R002100120010-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 29, 1999
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: November 23, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

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A co~.;fer+ence of the 5LD inner circle, hs '~ ~ :~,c~:~.=~:~
as c~aai~r~, a~hr~ed t1_'2#it the Zdestern Zanas are facing a criu:~s becatase o: the
relas::~~tion of` rationing. ?~~orliars =.s.ith low huyin~ pot~~r arrF:* expected tc~ t:Irive
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p~rv~.es. F~.rther strikes w?i.ll force a ~trictor r?~tionin~;a 25X1 X8
2. The conclusion was dravm. that the ~tstern Zone must relax its a^atioxt sy~trrr~
to mint out the contrast .t13.th the t~sst. This will bg ~soss:~ble Isee;ause ~rc~-~
d.~ct3.on in th? P~.starn 'Lone is increasin? and renaratians are reduced. ~."hE
date for the chan;~;e of tlio ration system *ri33 depend on tl~.e g~al~.ti~~~l a;a.P~ue-tio~a~
3? They early formation of a `?.'l?st Gc~x?~^.~an ~tr~t>e ~.s c~x~cted. ~.f~:ex tha'~: tho. 4?G~:~?-?
r:ryan F'eaT+los' I1,epublicF' wi.33 ~ pmclai.r'ed in the Soviet Zone, rro.~n3~~r i.n
.~e~bruary 3949. The : ED as the "1?ad3,n~ party" ;?ri.1~. deter!~ine th~~~ soc3~~.3_ arad
~~~r,~Z1C+2".Y.c strexCture o' this Haar state.
l~. Tt~e con~'ersnce hold thr~ view that e.ono~?cic planninn in t?ze I~ussikn Zoz~~: is
xfc~r,a ~.nte~ferred ~r3.th by r_rivatQ trade. 'I'hc~rof ore a12 ~shole;~aZa tx~~de ~rrxst
t4 nationalized song ;,ix months aftc3r the ~'oun:~irn? of the rr~~nzb3ic ~ a?~e~. t~~
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~nt3.fa bl.oe ZJill op~~se this measure, hancQ thr~ SuD F^.ust ,dive up the bloc;
~~1icy. The corlinr~ party convention twill ~day~~~ roeolutions in the+s s~g~?tse.
G~~or~ TIand?ce, chief of ~~hQ Gu~pl~r, ~o:?u~i?rce ?an~I 2'r~ins~r~.t:~on Division :i.a
tfzQ D'.r+{, was instructed to or~nize the I~e~.z'I~sch:-~ H~ndelv~esc~llschag"t (DIG)
so that it can tz'.ce over the t,rholesale han~:ilin~; of princiral consur,er ~*oods
b~~ 1 January 19!9 Af.?ter the nationalization of the ~?rholesa.lo trade, tYae L~iG :cs
+~r; b~ ~~issolved Ind rerslaced by ten indepen:isnt intarn~:l tr~~cde cor^1~aan:~r...^y.z
?I`;:~~- present orryzniz~.tion of tho DIIG iu to be so devalo~^.d ttnat it runt:.-~~.ns
t~cese ten enrpanies.
~, I%?~,rtd'~e z?:~s aZsa instruc~vc~d to su~;~est r:Lans far tE~v or~arsizt?~tian oj" a n~tfion--
a`lized retail trade.
3.: ~-~reavc~r:?rzt of ~s~.ann~in? ~rer? ~~dep however, detn~.ls are not 1
',~` :rasa r~~.ans ax~0 sand to Steve been ~' iscuesed l:rlth the ~, iA. i~`urt? ~e:r ~:,lara.~ i'o:~
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