STATE ECONOMIC PLANNING COMMISSION (PKPG)

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• Publication Date: February 9, 1959
• Content Type: REPORT

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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.B.C. Seca. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.
SUBJECT State Economic Planning
Commission (PKPG)
DATE OF
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SOURCE EVALUATIONS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE
a report on the State Economic
Planning Commission (PKPG) which was replaced inS.1956 by the present
Planning Commission of the Polish-Council of Ministers.
2. The report contains information on the general organization of the 50X1-HUM
PKPG and on the Small Industry Department of that organization. In
addition there are former officials of the PKPG
many of whom are assumed to be in related positions of the Planning
Commission.
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General Organization
1. Until mid-1956 the State Economic Planning Commission was the
supreme authority for planning and fixing production quotas,
categories of output, division of production, allocation of
raw materials, and means of production; ministries were exe-
cutive organs of the PKPG. The centralized planning system,
however, proved detrimental to the Polish economy, and in
mid-1956. the Planning Commission of the Council of Ministers,
whose duties were limited to the preparation of drafts, sup-
planted the PKPG. Since the organization ministries have
also worked out their individual draft plans. An Economic
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Council (Rada Ekonomiczna), which was established in late
1956, studies both draft plans and submits an opinion to the
Council of Ministers, which is the ultimate authority in
such matters.
2. The central office of the PKPG occupied a four-story building
at 5, Plac Trzechkrzyzy, Warsaw, and additional offices were
in a five or six-story building on Zorawia Street which also
contained offices of the Ministries of Building Materials and
Chemical Industry.
3. The PKPG had 1,600 workers, but a reduction in force to 900
attended the reorganization, with further cutbacks projected.
The number of deputy chairmen and departments on the new com-
mission was reduced, and departments were merged into "teams".
14. Dr. Stefan Jedrychowski was the head of the PKPG. There was,
however, no clear division of responsibilities between the
chairman and one of his deputies, Leon Kasman, who was in
charge of the following departments (departament):
a. Coordination (Dep. Koordynacji),
b. Agriculture and Forestry (Dep. Rolnictwa i Lesnictwa).
c. Internal Trade (Dep. Handlu Wewnetrznego).
d. Foreign Trade (Dep. Handlu Zagranicznego).
e. Regional Plans (Dep. Planow Terenowych).
f. Long-Range Planning (Dep. Planow Wieloletnich).
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Another deputy chairman, Franciszek Blinowski, was in charge
of the following departments:
a. Deployment (Dep. Zatrudnienia).
b. Cultural and Social Institutions (Dep. Urzadzen Kulturalny
i Socjalnyvh).
CO Cost and Price Policy (Dep. Kosztow i Politiki Cen).
d. Communal Economy (Dep. Gospodarki Komunalnej).
6. Deputy chairman Adam Wang supervised the following departments:
a. Metallurgy (Dep. Hutnictwa).
b. Machine Industry (Dep. Przewslu Maszynowego).
CO Mining (Dep. Gornictwa).
d. Chemical Industry (Dep. Chemji).
e. Building Materials and Paper (Dep. Materjalow Budowlanych
i Papieru).
f. Light Industry (Dep. Prsemyalu Lekkiego).
g. Food Industry (Dep. Przemyslu Spozywczego).
h. Minor Industry (Dep. Przenyslu Drobnego).
i. Energy (Dep. Energetyki).
J. Balancing Machine Production (Dep. Bilansow Maszyn).
7. Deputy chairman Edward Schneider was in charge of the follow-
ing departments:
a. Balancing Raw Materials (general) (Dep. Bilansow Materjalowych).
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b. Balancing Raw Materials for Foundries (Dep. Bilansow
Hutnictwa).
c. Balancing Raw Materials for the Building Materials,
Paper and Wood Industries (Dep. Bilansow Materjalow
Budowlanych, Przemyslu Papierniezego i Drzewnego).
d. Balancing Light Industry Raw Materials (Dep. Bilansow
Przemyslu Lekkiego).
e. Balancing Raw Materials for the Chemical Industry (Dep.
Bilansow Przemyslu Chemicznego).
f. Balancing Raw Materials for the Food Industry (Dep.
Bilansow Przemyslu 9pozywezego).
g. Balancing Raw Materials for the Non-ferrous Metals and
Cable Industries (Dep. Bilansow Przemyslu Metali Kolorowyca
i Kabli), which may have been merged with the aforementioned
department for balancing foundry materials.
Deputy head Poltuzycki (fnu) supervised the military industry.
A deputy and four departments, the designation of which was
secret, were subordinate to Poltuzycki.
9. Deputy chairman Mieczyslaw Less was in charge of the following
departments:
a. Technical Development (Dep. Fosteru Technicznego).
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b. Transport and Communications (Dep. Komunikacji i Lacznosci).
c. Economic Cooperation (Dep. Wapolpracy Gospodarczej),
which was transferred to the Ministry of Foreign Trade
in mid-1956.
10. Deputy chairman Kazimierz Secomski was in charge of the fol-
lowing departments:
a. Investments (Dep. Inweatycji).
b. Construction (Dep. Budownictwa).
c. Supreme Commission for the Evaluation of Investment
Projects (GKOPI).
The Minor Industry Department
U. The Minor Industry Department directed the development of
this branch of the economy, which comprised the cooperative
sector as well as private plants and workshops. Following
is a list of products the manufacture of which was either
partially or entirely planned by this department: Industrially-
made foodstuffs, ready-made clothing, footwear, metal and
chemical products for general consumption, chemical products
for agriculture, sport utensils and accessories, musical
instruments, toys, buttons, brushes, agricultural machinery,
bakery and flour mill equipment, accessories for the machine
and ship building industries, medical equipment, furniture,
building materials, and plastic products for mass consumption.
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12. The approximate number of industrial units controlled by the
Minor Industry Department was as follows:
a. State plants subordinate to central administrations:
several hundred.
b. Plants subordinate to voivodahip nation& councils:
over one thousand.
c. Cooperatives: about three thousand.
13. In 1956 minor industry comprised about 10 or 11 percent of
the total of Polish industry; two-thirds were cooperative
enterprises, and the remainder government plants and fac-
tories under the voivodship national councils. Private
workshops and plants constituted about two percent of Polish
industry.
Ili. The value (sale price) of production of minor industry in
1956 was 20,000 million (?) zlotys, while the 1956-1960
Five Year Plan calls for a production of 30,000 million
zlotys. According to a plan under discussion in the de-
partment in 1956, minor industry was to undergo a 50 to
60 percent expansion by 1960. This figure included increased
production as well as the establishment of new production
units, and growth was to take place chiefly in fields where
competition from other branches of the economy was not ex-
pected.
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15. Following were employment statistics in various branches of
minor industry (per 1956):
a. Building materials - 50,000 persons.
be Remaining units of minor industry controlled by central
or local goverment - 80,000 to 100,000 persons.
c. Cooperative industry - 300,000 persons*
d. Artisans - 1140,000 persons.
e. Private industry - 8,000 to 10,000 persons.
16. According to the 1956-1960 Five Year Plan, investments for
the extension of minor industry were to be derived from the
following sources:
a. Government - 2,000 million zlotys.
be Cooperative organization - 3,000 million zlotys.
c. Voivodship national councils - a special, unspecified
fund for development and investments established by
them.
17. Minor industry suffered from a shortage of certain raw ma-
terials, particularly castings, sheet iron, wood, plywood,
and hides. Consequently, related enterprises could not
fulfill their plan quotas; there was, for example, a persistent
shortage of children's clothing and footwear. The inordinate
amount of work required in making these items and the low
price fixed for themmade it impossible for producers to
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reach the quotas which were based on the money value of the
products. Manufacturers therefore gave priority to the cor-
responding adult items.
18. The following minor industry products were exported through
the state agency Warimpex: bakery and flour mill equipment
medical equipment (China, musical instruments
toys, and sporting goods. In 1956 there was a
trend to increase the import and export of minor industry
products through the medium of international cooperative
organizations, because it was felt that trade and barter
through gDvernment channels was not always popular, particu-
larly in the West.
19. In 1956 the head of the Minor Industry Department was called
to the office of one of the Military Industry Departments of
the PKPG and was instructed to work out an emergency produc-
tion plan for the enterprises under his competence. As of
late 1956, however, no action had been taken.
20. According to discussions among PKPG staff members, the Five
Year Plan stipulated Polish output of casting metal was to
reach 7.5 million tons, coal output, 110 to 115 million tons,
and brick production, 4,000 million units.
Personalities)
21. Zygmunt Adelis, a chemist, was the head of the Department
for Balancing Raw Materials for Light Industry.
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22. Zbigniew Augustowski, an economist, was the head of the Cost
and Price Policy Department of the PKPG for a long time. He
was also a lecturer at the Economists' Union.
23. Balinski (fnu) was the head of the Investments Department
for several years.
24. Marjan Bsrtnicki was the chairman of the supreme commission
for the evaluation of investment projects for a long period.
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25. Franciszek Blinowski, who had been the head or deputy of an
economic department of the Central Committee of the PZPR.,
had been the first (?) deputy chairman of the PKPG since
1954.
26. Zdzislaw Deutschman, an economist, was the head of the De-
partment for Balancing Industrial Raw Materials, a sort of
super agency for related work.
27. Haling Diamant, an engineer, was the head of the Employment
Department.
28. Dworecki (or Dworzecki) (Fan), former head of the Soviet
Department, was the head of the Department for Economic
Cooperation after 1955.
He succeeded Kohn (fnu) after the
latter's transfer to the post of deputy head of the Central
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Petroleum Office (CUN). Dworecki, an engineer,
29. Dzierzynski (fnu), a mining engineer, had been the head of
the Mining Department since 195b.
30. Colonel Grajworonski (fnu), a Soviet officer who wore a
Polish uniform, was the deputy chairman of the PKPG in
charge of the military industry. J
31. Wiktor Herer was the deputy head of the Agriculture and
Forestry Department.
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32. Tadeusz Jankowski, an engineer, had been the head of the
Machine Industry Department since 1954, and was also the
acting head of the Energy Department.
33. Jassczukowa (fnu), the wife of former Cabinet Minister
Boleslaw Jaazczuk, had been the nominal head of the De-
partment for Cultural and Social Institutions since 1955,
although the de facto head of the department was Dankowaki
(fnu), her deputy, since she was busy with public activities.
31. Dr. Stefan Jedrychowski, an economist, had been the chairman
of the PKPG since 1956.
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35. Leon Kalman,
was the first deputy chairman of the PKPG in 1955-
1956.
36. Wicenty Kawalec was the head of the Regional Planning De-
partment. I
deputy
37. Jozef (?) Kopinski had been the/head of the Technical
Development Department for several years.
38. Michal Korolewicz, who formerly headed the Internal Trade
Department, was the head of the Department for Balancing
Raw Materials for the Food Industry.
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39. Krawczyk (fnu) was the head of the Department for Balancing
Raw Materials for Non-ferrous and Cables Industry and may
have a similar position in a corresponding department in
the successor organization.
Miecayslaw Lesz, an engineer who is now the Minister of In-
ternal Trade, was the deputy chairman in charge of technical
matters and communications until early 1957.
lal. Lowinski. (fnu), an engineer who had formerly been on the
staff of the Machine Industry Department, had been the head
of the Metallurgy Department since 1955.
142. Mateusz Malachoweki, an engineer who had headed the Construc-
tion Department for a number of years, was believed to have
been pensioned in 1956.
Risks (fnu),
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deputy.
Mroczer (fnu) had been the head of the Transport and Communi-
cation Department for a number of years. f
141k. Antoni Myalinski had been the head of the Food Industry De-
partment since 1954.
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Niesialowaki (fnu), a chemical engineer, who had formerly
been on the staff of the Ministry of Chemical Industry, had
been the head of the Chemical Industry Department since 1955-
46. Nowicki (fnu) had headed the Building Materials Department
since 1951,.
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47. General Poltuzycki (fnu), a Russian, was the deputy chairman
in charge of military industry from 1954 to 1956.
48. Poniatowski (fnu) had been the head of the Department for
Balancing Raw Materials for the Chemical Industry for sev-
eral years.
49. Czeslaw Pratdzic, an economist) had
been the head of the Long-Range Planning Department since
1956.
50. Stanislaw Rog, an economist and a former member of the staff
of the Light Industry Department, had been the head of the
Coordination Department since 1956.
51. Henryk Roze, an engineer, had been the head of the Foreign
Trade Department since 1953
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52. Sawicki (fnu) was the head of the Department for Balancing
Raw Materials for the Building Materials,
53. Edward Schneider, who had been the deputy head of the CUGM
prior to its merger with the PKPG, had been the deputy head
in charge of balancing supply and balancing materials since
1955?
51. Professor Kazimierz Secomski~
was the deputy chairman in charge of
investments and construction.
55. Stacewicz (fnu) had headed the Light Industry Department since
1956.
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56. Kazimiers Strzelecki had been the head of the Department
for Balancing Raw Materials for the Foundry Industry for a
number of years.
57. Suchan (or Suchman) (fnu), an engineer, had been the head
of the Department for Balancing Machine Production since
195li.
58. Swierczynaki (fnu), an economist, who was the second deputy
head of the Agriculture and Forestry Department.
59. Colonel Szanger (fnu) worked for the deputy chairman in
charge of military industry.
60. Irena Szenberg worked in a wood section in the Department for
Balancing Raw Materials for the Building Materials, Paper and
Wood Industries.
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61. Ssiucld (fnu), a former official of the Ministry of Internal
Trade, who had been the head of the Internal Trade Department
since 1955.
62. Adam Wang, a mechanical engineer, who had been the deputy
chairman in charge of industry since 1951.
63. Colonel Waluchowski (fnu) had been the head of the Department
for Military Industry for a considerable period. j
64. Wieliczko (fnu) had been the head of the Communal Econongr
Department for several years.
Comment: Most of these individuals are assumed to be
in related positions in the Planning Commission of the Council
of Ministers.
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