TECHNICAL PLANNING, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A001500270001-5
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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 21, 2005
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: June 23, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
SUBJECT Technical Planning, Research and
Development Agencies
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United states, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person Is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
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State Planning Commission
1. The. State Planning Commission was called in Rumanian,, Comisia de Stat a Plani,fi-
cariio This Commission, during the Fall of 1951,, was housed in a seven or eight-
story-high blockhouse which had formerly been occupied by the Rumanian National
Railroads (Caile Ferate Romano - CFR) in Bucharest. It was located on Elisabeta
Boulevard and the entire ground floor of the building was occupied by the State
Secondhand Store (Consignatii)o
2. This Commission had the function of coordinating the flow of raw materials and
other materials needed by the Rumanian industries for production.
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gate Planning Commission and the Ministry of Finance gave approval for
purchase of raw materials in foreign ccu ntrieso~
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-National Scientific Council
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e Academy O
$ c enee (Academia i nt i in Bucharest had established, possibly
in 1949, a new department whose main concern was technical research
and development for the purpose of supplying practical solutions to
the problem of the lnd'ria.W ffat
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ep r men . or section o the
Academy awe . e;.emp oye , some scientists
but also many engineers and technicians .of ail types, ranging from
geology to electricity to industrial machines and steam engines
5. The Academy, of Science in ?Bucharest considered the* 'major research
center of Rumanian Rumanian newspapers, in 1950
and 1951s propaganda c es a ou a Academy of:Science which made
claims that this organization no longer engaged in highly-theoretical
studies but was now..geared.'to.the practical sciences. The National
Scientific Council., if not synonymous with the department described
above, might possibly be another department subordinate to the
.Academy of Science.
0. omm, ittee for Inventions and. Dise overi_,
6. In the Dinamo Electrical Equipment plant the
Committee for Inventions;,and Discoveries m e u e nova ii),
Was directly subordinate to the faotory'.s, union. , This,' Comriiittee'
enoouraged,workers in the plant to submit timesaving ideas about
their particular Jobs. Any outstandin idea or su estion was
usually rewarded by a cash rize.
State Commission for Standardization
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National Bureau of.Inventions
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Was ov a -insp re., an ,has, s nce I~PDU or , een publishing
monthly issues of standards for construction and
nrodile-tion known
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