THE PARIS COMMUNE SHOE FACTORY AT MOSCOW

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R012800290001-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 28, 2002
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: July 18, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY USSR ~Mosc:e~w ~k~I.ast)
SUBJECT T'he 1'arzs torr~nun~ Shoe ~"aetaa.~y
~?~. Mosccw
DATE OF
LNFO.
PLACE
ACQUIRED
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a, Th.~ ae?.tox?y was builf, 3~ ya~ars aga s, afi, wh.ch ?~im~ ~~he ~"ac~ary was not;
mec~anized$ -today ha~.f -the factory has b~:en x~echanizedo The facl;ory
conveyox?Is are 19 "x'00 m Icixg a
b, T;iie total px~oduc~i.on ~i.s X69000 pairs ?f shoes o~ v.~.rious c:o~.ors and
q~.].z.ties per day? The l.ru:athe~' is of Saviet or:%gine l~2ast of ~thr~ .shoes
are made with rubb~z? s~~l:~sa The Gauncil of I`~i:Ln:Lst~:r~ Ca~c:~ -mint .~.pprov>st ev?ry
made~l to be producedg and thQ model z+iust be presonted ~-,hr>~e 'znanths bef'ox~
approval can be obtai.ne~d,, Each worker produces ~~~ 'to seven p~~ix?s of
` shoes pa';r~ clays Every sc~~ap of 1.eath~r must bra acco~~.nt~d f orb a.ndmif
a pro ricer destroys a pair of sho~!s ~ he must pay for ~:t 9
c, Two ~a~;ht~llozar ;shifts are wax'lce~d por daym The aver?a.g~: salary il5 I~,800
rubles peg' 7nanth~ and ~-,.he lowest ~al~.ry is &~'0 rub~..~s for 1.r~xp~ri~nced
helpb Th.erc~ are 70 percent wamcn and thirty p~:rc~nt m.~n.~ the women
r~c~.iving salari~;~ equal to those of tho m~sne each workor. r~ceiu~;s four
?w~c~ks ? paid vacation per ,year a~ -the axpt=ns~s o~ t'n~: Savi~t trade i1:~ion,
There are 120 el~rks and X00 p~:~.n+~ers anal` tec:hna.can;7 erriploy~d a~ the
fac~,axy~
ds The factory has r?.c::pi~red the Order of Red- Sann~r far i~~s ~ooct wank and
I.1'~0~00U xzubZes every tl"ix?~~: xnor~th:~..far funds f'or the (aorlce~~-~:,A re~reatian.
There is no cammxssa.on+?x`.:7.n tho factory- to rheck the productions
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2. Singer sewing machines and other machines which had b+~en made in England
.and C~rmax~y wire observed by source. Also observed wex~ boys and girls
ages I2 to 2~ and older women 5O to 60 years old cleaning the flaors~ 'fhe
-paint on the walls was wets apparently in preparation far the :visit of the
conference delegates.
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