RUSSIA’S DIFFICULT FOOD POSITION
(Rec. 9 p.m.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 4. Lieutenant-Colonel Ralph Olmstead, deputy War Food Administrator, who has just returned from Russia, said that the food situation there was unbelievably difficult. The Soviet Union would require food imports for at least three years after the war. The Russians at present were existing on black bread, potatoes and cabbage and could use tenfold the present food imports if the ships were available. He said that he found the British diet adequate, but lacking variety and quality. British postwar food imports would require to be maintained at the present level.
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Southland Times, Issue 25513, 6 November 1944, Page 5
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