FURTHER EVIDENCE ON THE SHORTAGE OF FOOD GRAINS IN THE USSR

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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 5, 2001
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: October 31, 1963
• Content Type: MF

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MEMORANDUM FOR: Assistant Director, Research and Reports
THROUGH: Chief, Economic Research Area
THROUGH: Chief, Analysis Division ~(/'(j-
FROM: Chief, USSR Branch
SUBJECT: Further Evidence on the Shortage of Food Grains in
the- USSR.
1. The attached report summarizes the most recent evidence on
the extent of the grain shortage in the USSR.
2. The abbreviated Secret version of the report is addressed
to the Under Secretar of Commerc Jr.
re ary a , assador Thompson and others
in the Department of State who have the required security
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,~, hurnber of iindfvidual r~parta have came in recently which, though
fxs,,~mantary Mend to support the judgment that the U35~t. is indeed hs.rd
p ~ fob food sup~lies far thee?coming year. 'This evidence is in
ress~e
s~eiditio~ to previaue irtformstion ~oneer~ning the strict enforcement of
the ~itetian of bred sa~.les pei ~cuestomerr, shc-rtages c-f iivestaCk
toddesr ,.and d~stree~s s'laugh'terin~:? In summa~'y, the recant evidence
indicates #hs.t the aavlets plan to:_
l~ Loawer #h;e quality of ~laread by raising the extraction rat hewhen
gx~ix~ is milled into flour. Thug; more dour can be obta#ned #ram t
she i~ty,~iti.ty of grain. 2"hesre are already sports that white bread is
u~xsvai~.s,ble in several citi~e and there is rlueuing far inferior brown
b~tead,
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educe the quality of bread by use of adds#ive~te;
~~ Rsatrictllthe sale directly to ean.aumears of flour by tempoxarily
reamtsving stocks from retail a+ht~"Iveas;
~} Use various gearsu~:~3.ve me;asuree3 -- voinn#ary ar #nvolumtary -_
to e~xtra~t a bres.d arubstituts ?- Fxitatcses -- from ine$ividual producers.
8hchev ~ealiaes the?poa~-ible grave labs of pxestige ?? dom.a,ttic.
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~d foraign ?.. by re~vertlr~g tc> ~~alin tric2ce of ~+=rz,;agd,x:cxi$ing" the e-utput
cif bue~ad from a given $~PPIY of'grain by reducing quality. The average
~us~s~, ti~en is depend`esnt on?{~rain prae3ucts to prnvide more than one-
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attempts to degrade the eiuaity cif thiee irrsportas~t element in hive diet.
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'Then regime has asai~re-neres of around 9 million tons o
Westeran su~pliere 'ane3 it is irnpc~sewible vetYy precisesly to measure tha
xnst'~nal importance to theg Savlet lee~.dear~hip ~~ an additiona-i Z. 5 million
tone ~!xttm tha Uasited ~#a~#e a, but we believe thee ~edditiatxal grain is
neae3de~d.
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1, A num;r of i~~vi~uat re~ort~ have corns ~n ~ceeent2y which,
thuu~h fraRmeatar tepid to ~u~ppart the jr~~gxner~t that the US~~. 3;s indeed
f~srd, gres+~ed fox ~od su~ppli+~a~ fox the. eor~iag year. '.'hie evidence f s fn
a~l~~n previous ta#'arn~~t~~z ~oacerning the ~tr`tct ez~farcement of
t'h~e i~,tption at bread ~~e~ pax cu~toxnex, shortsges of livestock (adder
std d3t~rees ~l~-u~~tering.
"gtt~9tllty" of dread wade from; ~"he flour.
gar~~ntage. ~ ~+~ne'~t1, tht?higher the extractid~. rate the lower the
'The ~f- ~ Tv~ yfe~~ ~f flour from a g!v'eu volume +af grain es~greesed a,~
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bred to the. Ao1~ulon for the preceding five weeks and
is t~de,~w- $re queuing twa hnux,~ fc-x Inferior
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1`he cow sale~of fl~nr -~ ix~-itiated in the early post-
S~ daya {may 153} faa~ LhQ f'izat Limo c+~ the NEF pexiod ~- ha.s
bests at least tam~rarly ter,aa#erd is ~?scow.
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ea,xx~ars up~,s~.f of.bis zlafly calaxiss and will
rltive to off#,ciaal attemgts to degrade they t~'~aiity s~f this
emeat ~ b#s .diet.
~s ~ss~rancss cif a;~ouad 8 million tans of grain
+e~n sr~pg~ie~rs agd #,t is i~anpoasibl.e waxy precisely to
xn~-ari mpoxt~nce is #~ 3oviat leadership cf as additional
Lens from th+e. Va. ~a~r+~ver, the #oregoing evidence s
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~~~~ tx~!'a-xmation sug~~st Lh 5ovieta. axe hard pr+s+~s~ed far th+s
~` basis al;ea Lh~ '-' ~cu~waaption year" 19b3?b4. Khruehchev
~~ed the ps~~sib~e gxeva lc~a,~ of prestige -- doznrstic and foreign --
se~er~ to ~ta~ tri~k~-_o~ ~'~sci'" the Qu~tput of dread by
s egs w
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ax~~ ii~l3ca-11 vex .. _
Y Y w~pal~table.
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