UNREST IN COAL MINES BECAUSE OF FOOD SHORTAGES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008700460003-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 22, 2011
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: December 1, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY Poland
SUBJECT Unrest in Coal Minas because of Food Sti es--- NO. OF PAGES 1
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Buse of the .food shortages, in Poland v miners in the Katowice and Chorzow areas
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are rofffning to jo ikto the pits until they are given rmitc to bUY
2 The trouble first started at a small mine when 250 miners sent a delegate to
the management to say that they would not o i.utc?ex?Crot xc1 until they Wart e given
:eat or priority permits to .'chase it F After about ? wo hours of negotiation.
between the colliery management and the miners ? delegate, specia.i. permits were
?ivon to the miners entitling them to p? chase 400 ;;relas of neat.. They then
returned to work:, Workors at other pits, when they heard about it,, followed
suit, the result bein- that about twice per week colliery managers axe forced
to issue meat permits before they can get their staff to work. No disoiplinnry
action has been ten against the miners or colliery cr ficial,
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