PROMPROEKT THE INSTITUTE FOR INDUSTRIAL PLANNING

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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 19, 2008
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: June 10, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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Comments:
1. Probably Promishleno Proehtanska (Organizatsiya) - Industrial Planning
(organization).
2. Literally; Extractive Industry Directorate..
3. Possibly,Statistichen.
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4. Possibly Tekhnologicheski.
5. Possibly Elektricheski..
6. Possibly Korespondentsiya.
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