PLANNING WORK OF CZECHOSLOVAK COUNCILS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000700040613-5
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• Original Classification: R
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 31, 2011
• Sequence Number: 613
• Publication Date: March 4, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPOR'
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LIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD NO.
CCUNTr2Y .ze-t..cslovakia
SUE,;E( Pol.tical 'tcal councils
Eccnccic ?- :lanning
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PLANNING WORK OF CZECROSLCVAK COUNCILS
-..E 'icethoslovak local councils were established on 1 January 1949 with
the 'ask ::f performing organizations) and cultural functions. The law which
creat`d ! -al councils pr)v!des that economic activities and planning will
c'nnt?t:ce Lne ccnciis' main tasks.
i'ie lew pro;Lies further that the !,,cal councils will-
"ke 1?Ci9.,L7 at ;pen meetings regarding those planned tasks for
wt, ... tne, 3y,- :~apr..naible ? .thin t:.e over-all plan.
M-u1e lutalon; regarding their budget and deliberate over accounts
onpez~lse the execution of tasks and check the farms on the basis of
-,Pe is,, the caeca:i^o of +:.c s.oromi, plan as a whole in their own
terr.itor'-ts.
No-ween 3eseiors of the local councils, the executive _ommittees carry Cu.
These coma itees 113cues the preparation of plans, organization, and supervi-
sion. Questions ciscu::ed by the executive committees are prepared by the
planning J'pert.nent, of the councils, on the basis of data supplied by the
various professional depertcr,:nce. More important affairs, such as the approval
of ouarter'.y plans, T,Le organization of planning, general plan supervision,
and mon`_ , and querter'.y epor's on plan fulfillment, are first discussed with
the Okres Planning Commission.
Ok"ee and kraj councils are organized into the following 11 departments:
1. General internal affairs 'tupartmert (chairmanship, secretariat,
administr_.tivr; department)
_ . Planning department
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3. Public safety department (police court)
4. Education and physical culture department
5. Labor and social department
6. Health department
7. Finance department
8. Economics department
9. Agriculture department
10. Domestic trade and distribution department
11. Teclurical department
Each department is headed by a referent who is a member of the executive
committee. The deputy referent actually manages the department. renuty
chairmen of the council are nominated from the ranks of the referents'. The
okres council has four deputy chairmen. The first deputy is always the head
of the planning department. The other three are chosen from among the refer-
ents of the other departments on the basis of political or professional quali-
fications.
The planning work of the various departments is organized, directed, and
controlled by the planning department. It is the duty of this department to
prepare over-all plans for the okres and kraj, and to o ganize the execution
and control cf the plans.
The councils provide the prerequisites for successful planning. The
planning departments have impressive staffs. Hradec Kralove Okres has a plan-
ning staff of 21 persons, not counting stati_