SERIOUS SHORTCOMINGS IN THE TOPLIVO COAL ENTERPRISE

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CIA-RDP80-00809A000700120404-8
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September 14, 2011
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404
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August 4, 1953
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REPORT
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/14 :CIA-RDP80-00809A000700120404-8 uo n.. or .xc oe. cooq n ..r,om. ns r?.,,.....,,_ ..~_. ~_~ INFORMATION 1952 REPORT CD NO. DATE OF DATE DIST. 4-~ 1953 NO. OF PAGES 3 SUPPLEMENT TO REPORT NO. THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION SERIOGS SlIORTCO?~NGS Ili TH^i~, "TOPL:IC" COAL El? r ?I'ERPP.IS., The "Toplivo" DTP (Durzhavno Tvrrovsko Predpriyatie, State Commercial Enterprise) was given the responsibility of supplying the workers with coal, wood, and other fuel. In 1952, almost 85 percent of Sofia's households placed their orders for fuel with the "Toplivo" DTP. The Sofia brand; of this enterprise had to supply 60 percent more coal than last year. Through the fault of the "Vuglishta" DMO (Durzhavno Mlnno Ubedinenie, State Mining Association) and the Centriil Administration of the "Toplivo" IlTp, the orders for coal were signed as late as 31 ,July 1952? Tka:; hampered the delivery of adequate cuantities of cool Suring ?he siu:mer. T'nis error would not have had any seriour> effects if the Sofia branch of the "Toplivo" UI'P had First made certain thet every household received a certain amount of coal. But the management of the Sofia branch paid little attention to this prob- lem. The result was that 25 percent of the workers ordering from the "Toplivo" DTP had a still winter's rupply of coal by the end of September and 12 percent had received none. The "Toplivo" DTP supplied coal to the households in the center of town and to those located 1n the vicinity of its warehouses, but it neglected those families living in mote, unimproved sections, where the de- livery oi' coal in rainy weather presents serious difficulties. A well organized accounting system, which is very necessary for the "Top- livo" DTP, is seriously lacking. The accounting system in the warehouses is extremely poor. The files ?re 3 years old and they have not been kept up to date. It is not unusual to find two or three cards for the same person and of- ten one rider is filled twice. Some "Toplivo" DTP employees dispose highhandedly of the property which has been entrusted to them, and grossly violate government and planned-econorrp~ regulations. CLASSIFICATION RESTRICTED CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE GENCY FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS COUNTRY Bulgaria SUBJECT Economic -Coal for consumers HOW PUBLISHED Daily newspaper WHERE PUBLISHED Sofia DATE PUBLISHED 30 Nov 1952 LANGUAGE Bulgarian STATE ARNY STAT Sanit zed Copy Approved for_Release 2011/09/14 :CIA-RDP80-00809A00070012~?=8 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/14 :CIA-RDP80-00809A000700120404-8 In August 1952, P. Ponev, ;narnger of the "Dobri 'ie:-peah,ty" ?a:;rehouse, gave the 'Khlyabi Khlebni Izdeliya" Stcpnnsko Yrcapriyak?(Bre:;d and Bakery Pro- ducts Economic Enterprise} of the SGNS (Sofiyski Grad~ki Naroden Suvet, Sofia People's Soviet), 200 tons of firewood instead of lignite, which was in the warehouse. Many other warehouse managers have done the some and thereby have deprived 1,000 households of wood. Often the customer gets one kind of coal when he has ordered another. By the end of September 1952, the "Toplivo" ]7TP had received 2,850 written com- plaints on this subject. But the "Toplivo" DTP is quite indi'_'ferent to com- plai nts . The poor service rendered by n great number of "Toplivo" DTP supply houses is due to extremely poor control on tiro part of the managers of the Sofia branch, For months on end the warehouses are not inspected by tiro manager, the assistant managers, or even by the section managers. For example, the per- son responsible for the accounts of the Sofia branch, L+zh. ~toyarov, did not make sure, at the beginning of tl:e year, that the files were in order. The party oreanPzation in +,he enterprise is making n~ effort to eliminate these shortcomings. I`os,pite the many signs of irefficte:cy in the various warehouses, the situation has never been discussed at a party meeting and none of the Communists working there have been held responsible. The party bureau, whose secretary is N. 7alclinov, hao done nothing to mobilize the party organi- zation of the DIP. The unsatf.afac?tory sttuatio^. nt the "TCpiivo" DPP r_a;; Viso be explained by the fact that '.er,~iin8 Ccm_?atm:sts, such as Shllynshkt i?.k::: l:as replaced N, Vak- linov, chief administratcr and secretar,~ of tl:e re.rty orgarization) and D. N1Y.o- lov (chairman of the trade union), rre not listening to +.he warnings of the workers about the unsatisfrctorr situation in the warehouses and the dealings of some unscnrpulo:_s emplcrrees, nrd do net try to crnnba*_ the violators of gov- ernment discipline. In many cases, r.hey smother rriiicisr? in the enterprise and cover up r,l-., oLtragern;s nets of cer?atn individuals. Asa resin.: of the use of such methods by the manage.^:ent, tt Is not sur- prising that cases of corniptfon and embezzleacnt of c*nte property have oc- curred. Er,.bezzler.:enf. has ever, ccct:r'ed :unonp, Coeenuua'.;, ns was the case with Il. Spircrr. Much of the fault for the prevent state of affairs ir. !.',:?~ .Sofia branch also lies with the Cents.; Administration. The branch was c;thout a director for 5 months until the beginnlnl; of Sepremher. Thus precious time, which ca,ld have been used to pre}?tre for the coming season, has been wasted. s+rt even L:fter the arrivril of the director, B. Notev, goad working discipline and a sense of personal responsibiliiy among the em- ployees were not introduced? The ccnfiicts :i~.hin the nnrty and trade union organizations before his arriv^_1~;_:r,continued to distract the attention of the management from the real problems c: the enterprise. ;?leanwhiie, the workers expect to be suppl'_ed with wood and coat and they expert a correct distribu- tion of the available supplies. The mn~ority of the officials and workers of the "Toplivo" DT'P are good and honest Communists, ns well as non-party mrmbers, ct:o like their enterprise. When they are placed in this atmosp:iere of interior strife and poor corking discipline, however, they do not know what to do. STAT Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/14 :CIA-RDP80-00809A000700120404-~ Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/14 :CIA-RDP80-00809A000700120404-8 Until recently the city committee of the party had taken no measures to eliminate the shortcomings of the "Toplivo" DTP. These shortcomings were al- ways blame3 on the lack of coal. It ie now absolutely essential that the city committee of the party, the oluvg committee of the Profsuyuz na rabotnitsite po Kredita (Trade UnLon of Finance Workers)t and the Central Administration of the "Toplivo" 17YP make a detailed investigation of the work of the Sofia branch, so that they may find a way to eliminate the organizational weaknesses which exist there. The recently increased supply of coal must be distributed as equitably as possible, sufficient means of transportation must be ?ssured, and strict control of the warehouses must be established. STAT Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/09/14 :CIA-RDP80-00809A000700120404-8 ~ I a1