Russian President Boris N. Yeltsin, in a sweeping set of decrees released Saturday, claimed control over the Soviet money supply and trade in oil, gold, diamonds and foreign currency.

The 10 presidential decrees and government resolutions would effectively transfer responsibility for the economy from Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev's central government to Yeltsin's Russian Federation.The decrees fit Yeltsin's plan to move Russia toward a free market with the kind of "shock therapy" used in Poland. He has promised to free prices before the end of the year on all but a few staples, such as bread, milk and vodka.

The decrees also make significant steps toward allowing the ruble to be traded freely on international markets. Western leaders have said a freely convertible ruble is a prerequisite for large-scale foreign investment in the Soviet economy.

Salaries also will rise under the decrees, and Yeltsin has said he will free them after Jan. 1.

Hyperinflation is widely expected to follow the freeing of wages and prices. Food prices have jumped 50 to 100 percent in farmers' markets in the past month.

The decrees were a result of the new Union Treaty tentatively reached Thursday by Gorbachev, Yeltsin and the leaders of six other Soviet republics. The treaty holds the country together but strips the central government of many powers, limiting its purview mainly to foreign policy and defense.

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The decrees were worked out by Yeltsin and his top advisers Friday, and portions were announced that day. The full texts were released late Saturday night by Tass, the state news agency.

One of the resolutions gives the new Russian Ministry of Economics and Finance control over all departments and employees of the Soviet Finance Ministry located in Russian territory, including Moscow.

It specifically transfers authority over the departments responsible for precious metals and stones. Gosznak, the Soviet currency printing bureau, also is included.

It was not immediately clear whether that would inhibit other republics from printing their own currencies, which the proposed treaty would allow them to do.

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