STANDARD OF LIVING OF COMMUNISTS AND ANTI-COMMUNISTS; SOVIET ECONOMIC SPECIALISTS IN BULGARIA

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 15, 2008
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: September 2, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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S-E-C R-E-T
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
COUNTRY
Bulgdriel
SUBJECT Standard of Living. of Comladuwists
and Anti-Communists; Soviet
Econbm3 Specialists in Bulgaria
DATE OF INFO.
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DATE DISTR. 2 September 1955
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The most recent harvest in Bulgaria was per'. Foodstuffs are lacking,
although through the black market it is possible to obtain meat
slaughtered in Secret and eggs which have not been delivered to the
State. The tendency to hide Produce is On the increase and the farmers
try to set enough aaide for the future, which they anticipate to be
difficult.
2. ThfreJ wad a s'lagar shortage throughout Bulgaria fvrr eight month8 during
1954. For political reasons a ougaar was available only in Sofia. At
present sugar costs 10 lev;L per kilogram$ black bread costa three leva
per kilogram, and white bread cats five lava per kilogram. However
the export of canstaner goods to the USSR continues in spite of these
shortages.
Members of the Communist Party, or non-meabers, who S themselves to
be fervent activists are allowed to hold several Jobs,, and hence receive
more than one wage. Because they receive higher .wages in general, they
have a considerable economic advantage over the average B riazn worker
and can afford such goods as woolen material, which costs approximately
300 leva per meter. These will always remain unattainable to the
average worker, who gets appr* te1y 600 levy per montk.
In actual practice the Soviets control the economy and many other activi-
ties of the country? The :USSR ships to Bulgaria a certain amount of
machinery and Weapons, Foremost in machinery coming', from the iESR are
agricultural machines. These are are neaur4r always accompanied by a large
number of technicians who, it is thought in Burgas,, have responsibilities
of a political and military nature in addition to the duty of training the
Bulgarians in the use of the machinery. .
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