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Food Shortages Hit East Europe Amid Harvest Drafts
East German authorities order seven day work weeks to harvest grain and potatoes as shortages bite across the Soviet bloc. Hungary imports wheat and meat while farm production falls after forced industrialization, and Czechoslovakia reports high prices and limited pork. Romania cites slow machinery delivery, Poland shows improvement but meat remains scarce. East Germany rationing persists with bread and vegetables scarce.
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