EAST GERMANY - POLAND: PROTEST OVER MEAT SHIPMENT

Created: 8/18/1981

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EASTOLANDi Protest Over Meat Shipment .

East German shoppersocality near the Polish border have protested shortages of meat, attributing them to the recently announced agreement to0 tons of*meat to Poland in exchange for coal. .Thela the first reported shortage-related protest. East Germany since the oneet of the Pollah crisis.

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