STATE PLANNING OFFICE

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• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 17, 2012
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: November 22, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY Czechoslovakia
SUBJECT State Planning 0' fice
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.. The function of the Czech State Planning Office is to direct planning pro-
cedure and, to coordinate plans an they arc subnatted by the r iraistries, by
-the ganoral nctnagorientu, end in m a.ny cases by the national corporations o"
factories. After the Planning Office coordinates these recommendations, it
presents an overall plan to the goverment for its approval, and upon pa:.U-
anentary adoption the plan becomes law. This :Wir is then. executed by .ho,
govornr..cnt and not by the Planning Office.
2 The f o 1oarin aro the inr o ytant functionaries in the i 1m ring Off ice
DolanktIr , Chief of Planning, Office. IIe is a former Hinister of Finance
and r,rior to the r. r ho wa seem-tar of the Club of Cormunint Ilenbe-es
of 'ax; Ua nt its. Pra ;ur .
b. Dr. I uaard Outra-ta,, Deputy Chief
war he iris general manager of Zbro jovlm D
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Dr. Milos S'adniic He is chief research
=pan in the field of national income., Durin;r the ,,nr_ he ms socrota tco
the late Prh e l niter Elias urno vas executed by the Gsmane.
h.. Dr. Undinir Klll mocl ,
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The State Planning office is located in several httiildi ngs in Prargue: Platneratca
ulico, Str alcova Alcadenie, i(.larav uatav :ilopen (Institute for the Blind), 'fr zova
poji tovr.=.a (i`ec dent Insurance). It has only one subsidiary: the Slovak 71'1a ring
Office :?.ra Bratislava=. The rplanni.ng doparbm,.on td in the rinistries and general
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nm,gcim>nts are not subordinated to the "tats:. Planning Office. However, the
x lannin" Office has regional observers who cheek on the fulfillment of plane
that ,,are originally ins tinted ?bj, the Planning
, Office,, Those observers do not
have executive ;7ouors.
4. There is no forra`al, direct a alata onshir. bet .seen the Plzrzn: n!'r Office and the
general rxarkagerenas. The latter are s7L~bordinateex to the ininistriesr 13
r.na;omen_ts under the I inistry of Industry- and 5 under- the ixinistry of Food.
A3 thou ;la the Plannin Office has no direct authority over the manager.-mts,
there is eerie liaison bott: en the rrferorat; or er>ae l3.4ts of the Pl?aritaiaat;
Office and the general ?anns;ermonts in order to fa.cili,%ato the procurenont
of intomition. "S
5. Before the coup dactet, plann.i.rt ? uns based on the economic needs of all ale-
nents in Czechoslovakia, but after the tour plan~nting as cones rnad nrinci paler.
u th the f rtla Trance of ache aims of the Cor?nunist Part,,,,- and the Plannin Ofeice
became nothing more than an aei? inistruator of ari.,,y orders One outstanding re-
ruit .ras that rrntd,zct%on targets troree1:agF; rated,, thus nocessitatiri the, in
stitvvion of unusual measures such as limited choice of er?ployneuit and voluntary
work hri ;ides. Investment ].ans were also r. nif-i ed so that investments are
cons ide_: ably smaller than set by the plans. In addition:,. careful preparation
of projects has been ha red , a shar?iage of draf"csme and designers as well
as of othar^ specialists and of rater?ials.
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6. The volume of production iri 1948 Ural about equal to that during, 1937 and. 1.938
sand am otanted to 280 billion Kos. Of this ,rya 130 billion Ifc, uorth of ocd::~
van distributed aeon:; the national cOrporationep 112 billion Kc; wont for
local.. con.surt?tior:, and 38 billion Kes represented exports. About 19 billion
Ken of mods 7, re oaeported to the satellite countries"
'7,. There is a Ire ester P roduct ion of heavy n ctr.iner