FOOD SITUATION IN BULGARIA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R007900180010-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 10, 2011
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: August 9, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE, AGENCY RtPO
1P FORM T1 REPORTCOIO.
COUNTRY Bulgas,ia
SUBJECT Food Situat`~.ou in Bularia
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2m Bread is at present ationnd for everyone in Bulgs,ria to half a brown
loaf per person per day, though some privileged classes may take a portion
of their monthly allocation in white broad. The rationed cost of the
bran n loaf. Which weighs little under one kilogram, is 30 let and the
white loth 50 lever. Bread is also legally obtainable on the free market
at 80 leva per brawn ' oai' and 150 lava for a white loaf, These prices
will remain the same if broad i;, removed fron the ration list.
3a Oil is at present rationed ac:oording to type of ration card hold, the
controll+3d price beg 150 lover a liter. Only sunflower oil is available,
The following scales are in : oroe s
Class 1 ration card
(Shockc7orkers, at cetera)
Class 2 ration card
(Children up to age of 18)
Class 3 ration card
(Office vvorkors )
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NO. OF ENCLS.
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SUPPLEMENT TO
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THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
600 grams per month
500 grams per month
300 grams per month
200 grams per month
Oil is also available at 750 lava per liter on the free market. This
price wot .d remain the same in the event that oil is no longer. rationed,
Class 4 ration card
(Unemplo;yt-3d, housewives, et cetera)
always in short supply, will be raised from 250 to 400 lava per kilogram:,
the price of sugar, which is not rationed but
CCI]I'IDEI'TIAL/CONTR0L - 'J.S. OFFICIALS ONLY
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