MINISTRY OF HEAVY ENGINEERING

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CIA-RDP80-00810A001100740009-9
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2
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December 14, 2016
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September 6, 2001
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9
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Publication Date: 
May 26, 1953
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REPORT
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CENTRAL INTEUIGENC AGENCY Approved For Release 2001/11/21 : CIA-RDP80-0081 OA001100740009-9 This Document contains information affecting thpr Ns tional Defense of the United States, within the mean, ins of Title 1$, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as amended. Its trpnsrn.isslon or revelation of its contents to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohlbited by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited. INFORMATION REPORT SEgPET ucuRi IN1O*MAT 9N COUNTRY Czechoslovakia REPORT NO. 25X1 A SUBJECT Ministry of Heavy E;xgineering DATE DISTR. 26 May 1953 NO. OF PAGES 2 DATE OF INFO 25X1'A . 25X1 A REqUIREMENT NO. 1001 So "FE A 4tu* loss ON 110$ W OlI ME DEFINITIVE. 1111 li"t of CQNJENI IS rfNIAINS, 25X1 X 0" Nov SO 4fvsefaa 1. The organization of the Ministry of. Heavy Engineering was essentially the saame as that of all the other ministries in the gover+mmeist. The basic units in the organization were the main admjnistrationR(hlavni sprava). Several main admin- istrationp were under each deputy minister. 2. The head of each main administration carried the title of Manager (reditel); he was responsible for th.e' over-,all operation of his main administration. On his staff there was a Chief Engineer, who supervised all the plants in a particular 2 5X1X field and was responsible for the production of each. The Manager also had on. his staff the following; planning officer, legal officer, finance officer, research officer inspection officer, social officer, and others; whose titles call. ome of these officers served two or more main administrations within the Ministry. 25X1X 3. The Ministry of Heavy Engineering maintained close connections with the Ministry of Domestic Trade, Ministry of Foreign Trade, and the State Planning Office through 25X1A the main administrations. The main administrations ih the Ministry of Foreign Trade had representatives attached to the foreign trade sections of the Ministry of Heavy Engineering; st;ch close liaison was necessary because of the over-all planning prograr4. Negotiations between the two ministries usually were carried on by the managers of the main administrations, their chief engineers, or other assistants, such as the planning officer. High policy matters were settled by the deputy .inisters and/or the ministers themselves. The Ministry of State Control did not have any special representatives at the other ministries, SECRET 25X1X" ~r ~o, Approved For Release 2001/11/21 : CIA-RDP80-00810A001100740009-9 SECRET/SECURITY -INFORMATION 25X1A but in the Ministry of State Control were officials charged w the "observation and inspection" of all other ministries. 25X1X these officials could send employees o e25 1X -.he-spot inspections of industrial installations. Such cases were justified by failure to meet production quotas, suspected sabotage (such cases were later 25X1X robably discrepancies in handling funds 25A 1A 25X~X a production planning for industry was. pproaching.4onsolidation in the State Planning Office, It may be said that production quotas were being. filled approximately 2.006. This does not mean, however, that there was widespread economic prosperity. It simply means that only as much production was being planned as industry could handle. Bad economic planning had resulted in shortages which had previously been satisfied by so-called spire-time production in plants. But this was changed, and such production under the Ministries of Industry also had to have the prior app roval of the Mate Planning Office, The situation was different for the Ministries of Agriculture Mining and Metallurgy, where the plan was fulfilled ? 137 only about O$, bioause failure to most industrial quotas was blamed ultimately on one of these two ministries. SECRET Approved For Release 2001/11/21 : CIA-RDP80-00810A001100740009-9