PROMPROEKT THE INSTITUTE FOR INDUSTRIAL PLANNING

Document Type: 
Collection: 
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 
CIA-RDP80-00810A007100100009-6
Release Decision: 
RIPPUB
Original Classification: 
S
Document Page Count: 
5
Document Creation Date: 
December 21, 2016
Document Release Date: 
September 19, 2008
Sequence Number: 
9
Case Number: 
Publication Date: 
June 10, 1955
Content Type: 
REPORT
File: 
AttachmentSize
PDF icon CIA-RDP80-00810A007100100009-6.pdf350.43 KB
Body: 
Approved For Release 2008/09/19: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA007100100009-6 REPORT I'NFORMATION REPORT . CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage Laws, Title 18, U.S.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law. COUNTRY Bulgaria SUBJECT Promproekt, the.Institute for Industrial Planning DATE OF INFO. PLACE ACQUIRED DATE ACQUIRED REFERENCES REPORT DATE DISTR. 10 June 1955 NO. OF PAGES 5 REQUIREMENT NO. RD SOURCE EVALUATIONS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE. General 1. The predecessor of the Institut Za PProektirans Promishleni Predpriyatiya (Promproekt; Institute for the Planning of Industrial Enterprises) was Indproekt, which was established inuthe second half of 1948 and which functioned under the control of the Ministry of Industry. When the Min- istry of Industry was divided in 1952 into the Ministry of Heavy Industry and the Ministry .of Light Industry, the name Indproekt was changed to Promproekt, and the Institute was placed under the control of. the Ministry of Heavy Industry, although its sphere of operation extends also into the planning of light industrial enterprises-; 2. Since the beginning of 1955, Promproekt has been located in a new 4-story building at 16 U1. Ivan Vazov. Its present personnel numbers over 400 persons, 80 percent of whom are technical employees (civil engineers, machine and mine engineers, and.draftsmen),, and the remainder are adminis- trative employees. The-development of Promproekt. is reflected...-in the four- fold increase in personnel, which numbered only 150 in 1950.. Organization 3. Promproekt is divided into three principal divisions: two technical, called directorates, and one administrative. Both the directorate for mines and heavy industrial planning and the directorate for light industrial plan- ning are headed by a director, and the administrative division is headed by a deputy director general, all subordinate to the director general (Glaven Direktor) of Promproekt. The actual management of the Institute is in the hands of the two technical directors; the head of Promproekt, although a civil engineer, participates only to a limited extent in the work and management of the technical branches. 4. Apart from the two technical directorates is an independent section (Pover- itelen Sektor; Confidential Section), whose operations are kept secret. This STATE ARMY X NAVY X AIR FBia, ' AEC 0 EV X X:: ,~?y. (Note ` Washington distribution indicated by "X"; Field distribution by " #".) I N FORMATION REPORT INFORMATION REPORT Approved For Release 2008/09/19: CIA-RDP80-00810A007100100009-6 Approved For Release 2008/09/19: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA007100100009-6 section plans air raid shelters for industrial enterprises. It employs on a part-time basis, 15 to 20 trusted persons who, although permanently assigned to other technical departments, are switched to the confidentis;l;> section as needed. 5. The technical directorates are divided into departments (Otdeli), which are subdivided into sections (Sektori) and groups (Grupi). The group, with a staff of four or five persons engaged in planning a single objective, is the smallest technical unit in Promproekt. Directorates for Mines and Heavy Industrial Planning 6. The directorate for mines and heavy industrial planning (Direktsiya Dobivna Promishlenost )'is divided into five departments: Mines (Minen), Low Buildings (Nizki Stroezhi), Construction (Stroitelen), Techndlogical (Tekhnologicheski), and Accounts (Smetki). The structure of the direc- torate for light industrial planning, except for the department of mines, is identical with that of the directorate for mines and heavy industrial planning. 7. The department for mines was established in April or May of 1954 and has a staff of approximately 35 employees. 8. The Low Buildings Department plans the internal rail sidings and road and water connections with main lines. It has two sections, one for ground surveys of building sites (Prouchvanie) and one for preparing construction plans (Proektantski). 9. The Construction Department also has two sections, one for calculating statistics (Stroitelen)3 and one for architectural planning (Arkhitekturen). 10. The technological department has the following five sections: a. Preparation of technological plans for factories to be built (Tekhnolozi4); b. Installation of machinery (Mashinen); c. Preparation of steam supply, heating, and ventilation (Instalatsii); d. Planning of canalization and water supply (Vodoprovod I Kanalizatsiya); e. Planning of electrical installations of factories (Elektro5). Administrative Division 11. The Administrative Division is divided into-- the following departments and sections: a. P lanning Department of work assigned to the technical directorates I? I b. Department for Labor, Norms, and Wages (Trud, Normi, Zaplati); c. Accounts Department (Schetovodstvo); d. Personnel Department (Kadri); e. Correspondence Section (Ekspeditsiya6); f. Section for Internal Administration (Domakinstvo); g. Duplication Section (Kteliografiya);' h. Archives (Arkhiv), where a copy of every Promproekt plan is filed; i. Confidential Archives (Poveritelen Arkhiv); J. Library (Biblioteka), which consists principally of technical books and publications. Approved For Release 2008/09/19: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA007100100009-6 Approved For Release 2008/09/19: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA007100100009-6 S-E-C-R-P._T Planning Procedures 12. The State Panning Commission (Durzhavna Planova Komisiya) rules upon all plans for industrial development, whether they be for new factories or expansion of existing ones. The outliner of an approved plan is forwarded to the Ministry of Heavy Industry and the Ministry of Light Industry res- pectively, which in turn pass-~,them to Promproekt for detailed plans, 13. Promproekt's planning work is done in these three stages: a. Preparation of a general draft plan (Ideen Proekt) in two copies, one of which is sent to the Ministry concerned, where a special commission examines it for approval; a Promproekt representative who participated in the preparation of the draft also participates in the commission's deliberations; b. If the draft plan is approved, it is returned to Promproekt for pre- paring a more detailed technical plan (Tekhnicheski Proekt); the same staff which prepared the original draft executes the technical plan, which is made up in five copies: three copies to the "investor", one copy to the Ministry, and one copy to the Promproekt archives; and c. The third and final stage..is the preparation of detailed plans for completion of the planned factory (Rabotni Chertezhi). 14. Promproekt,plans are prepared one year in advance of the planned execution of the projects. A time limits usually the middle of the year, is set for completing the plans and sending them to the Ministry. In 1954 the time limit for the technical plan was 1 August, and for 1955 it will probably be 1 July. The final detailed plan is completed'after-the technical plan and before the end of the year. Grades, Wages, and Norms 15. The technical personnel of Promproekt are graded on the basis of the following scales: a. Draftsmen (Chertozhniki), grade A and B; b. Technicians (Tekhnitsi) (graduates of technical secondary schools), grade A, B. and C; c. Planners (Proektanti) (engineers and senior technicians), grade, A, B, and C; d. Chief Planners (Starshi Proektanti), grade; A and B; e. Group heads (Rukovoditelb.' Na Gr upi), grade A and B; f. Section heads (Rukovoditeli.;. Na Sektori); g. Department heads (Rukovoditeli Na Otdeli); and h. Division heads (Direktori). 16. The difference between the wages of the various grades is 80-100 leva per month. Approximate monthly salaries of selected personnel are as follows; a. Draftsman, grade A 420 leva b. Group head, grade B 890 leva c. Section head 1,200 leva d. Department head 1,300 leva e. Division head 1,400 leva All personnel working in Sofia receive an additional allowance of ten percent and the usual family allowance of 12 leva per, month for each child. Taxes and other deductions amount to approximately ten percent of the gross salary. Approved For Release 2008/09/19: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA007100100009-6 Approved For Release 2008/09/19: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA007100100009-6 17. Draftsmen work on the basis of fixed norms, which are calculated per square decimeter and per density of lines drawn on the drafts. Most engineers work is also classified by norms, although individual norms are established for those cases which .40 not fall into any of the available categories. While the cash bonus for overfulfillment..of norms is theoretically unlimited, it can in reality never exceed three-quarters, of the gross salary. Most employees earn no more than their basic salary; only a few specially talen- ted persons are able, with great physical effort, to earn bonuses of one- half of three-quarters of their basic salaries., Engineers who are not working under norms may receive a bonus;.once a year, if their work is judged to be of special merit, such as having made economies in building materials. Section heads and higher may-earn a bonus only if Promproekt has fulfilled its yearly plan. Security Procedures 18, Office hours at Promproekt are 8 a.m. to'Noon.and from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. All employees must-leave the building at 3:30 p.m., unless staff meetings are to take place. Employees who. wish to work in the building after regular hours must first obtain permission from their superiors and, indirectly, from the. director. 19.:. Before leaving an office,, the employees must remove all papers from their desks and lock them in cupboards and drawers,. Papers marked "confidential" must be put into a wooden case and handed aver to the "confidential" ar- chives overnight. The head of the confidential archives, an.official.of the State Security (Durzhavna Sigurnost) whose salary is paid by Prom- proekt, is also responsible for classifying all material handled by Promproekt. In general, all factory plans-which contain the location of the factory and all road-building plans are classified "confidential." The confidential archives are equipped with file cabinets made of sheet iron in which the wooden cases are kept overnight, The room itself has an iron door, and the windows are made seeure-with iron gratings.. 20. Each employee receives from the personnel department an.entry permit which bears his photograph, and the permit must be revalidated every six months. If requested by the doorman, the employee must. present his permit when entering or leaving the building. Although brief cases of..employees enter- ing the building have been searched occasionally, no searches whatever are made on employees who leave at the end of the regular working day.. No cases of body.searches are known. 21. The Promproekt building is guarded at night by one man,who sits at the, entrance on.Ul. Ivan Vazov. A telephone operator is also on duty at night at the switchboard,, which is.located'on.the ground floor near the staircase. Prior to 1955 the building was guarded by uniformed policemen.. Personalities 22. Slavchev (fnu), director general of Prnmrrnekt sines 1Q5'; 23. Karaivanov (fnu), head of the directorate for mines and heavy industrial lane Comments: 1. Probably Promishleno Proehtanska (Organizatsiya) - Industrial Planning (organization). 2. Literally; Extractive Industry Directorate.. 3. Possibly,Statistichen. Approved For Release 2008/09/19: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA007100100009-6 L . _ 1 - -- - - L Approved For Release 2008/09/19: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA007100100009-6 4. Possibly Tekhnologicheski. 5. Possibly Elektricheski.. 6. Possibly Korespondentsiya. Approved For Release 2008/09/19: CIA-RDP80-0081 OA007100100009-6