FUNCTIONS AND STRUCTURE OF THE STATE SECRETARIAT FOR CHEMISTRY

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• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 10, 2005
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: July 29, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
C; ":3 NTRY East Cormany
SUBJECT Functions and S+i-xcture of the State Secretariat
for Chemistry
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The State Jerre?arrat for Ci ei_istryy is a stale secretariat with autonomous
nrlwer s (r.~it eigenern Ceschaftsbereich) headed by the 3tate Secretary or, in
his absence, the aenuty State .Secretary, The autorioc of the State
Secretariat is, however, li:. tad by the following three factors:
(a) The atate Secretary must carry out his task within the framework
of general government directives established by the Minister-
President
(b) The .State Secretary is responsible to the Volkska?rmer,,
(c) The work of the State Secretariat is under the control of the
Coordination and Control Service for industry and Traffic
(Koordinierungs- and Kontroll..stelle fuer Industrie and ' ierkehr),
an agency attached to the !:.ast German Council of Xinister:3,.
This agency is authorized to issue instructions to the ;State
Secretary - which the liter is obliged to carry out
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The official tasks assigned to the State Secretariat include:
(a) r rcr.7ot ing and puare.nteeinr the development of the industrial
branches under its authority according to the j'conomic Alan and
the Five-Year -Plan..
b) The essential enternri3es (Schewerpunktsbetriebe) of these industrial
branches are to be developed in view of comolete mechanization of the
production arocess; new industrial installations are to be built;
skilled workers, technicians, engineers and chemists are to be educated..
(c) Increase of work productivity, improvement of oroduction and decrease
of production costs,
3, The State 3ecret.ary is assisted in his task by a Goll.._
which consists of the State Secretary himself as head and of the heads of the
Main Administrations and of the most i?nportant departments in the 3tate_
Secretariat, The members of the CCgn are appointed by the State Secretary
and must be confirmed by the Minister president, The Col.le ula.has advisory
functions. It must convene at least three times per nonth, The advisory
functions of the Collegium are concerned with the"fundamental questions of the
:practical direction of the central aoparatus," the direction of the Lain
?.: dministrations, of the enterprises under the authority of the State Secretariat,
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the Trade Centers, institutes and schools. The Co." .,euq also receives
r?ep, ?ts from the leading personnel of enterprises and institutes, 3arti-
cula, ly on im'n.rovements of production. Furthermore, the 7_ ita,~rt
contras the fulfillment of plan tasks and the development of cadre
personnels If the opinion of the majority of the Coll.egium about
i nortt.nt questions conflicts with that of the State Secretary, the latter
must i=:iform the Council of ';inisters about it, The members of the
Colle& um are authorized to protest to the Council of 2Unisters about any
measure- under consideration by the State Secretary which they find
inadvis...ble?
4,The State- Secretary is also assisted by a Technical-:scientific Council
for "the _'olution of scientific probiefas." The Council is headed bar the
.State Secr Mary; his deputy is a A4,etinmiiabed scientist (hervorrao nes.
'issenscha_''t:.ier), The members of the Council are appointed by the State
Secretary; ,hey must be qualified scientists, engineers and technical-
industrial. ; ersonnel. ILLEGIB
5. The `State 3e-retariat for Chemistry carries out its tasks With the aid of
the following structural units:
a. Centra: Departments (Zentrale Abteilungen)
b, in Ao dnistrations (Ha.uptverwaitungen)
ca :'gain De?Artments (Hauptabteilungen)
d? Production Group (T' od'ukti cns ruppen)
e, Departments (.Ahteilungen)
f, nirectiv controlled enterprises `Direkt vnterstellte fletriebe )
ga :lesearch institutes (Fpr3chunr)gsinstitute)
h? Trade Centers (DHZ) (Handel.szentralen)
6. The following are the central departments and main abpartments which
receive their instructions directly from the State .Secretary and which
control the work of the other structural units:
a. Office of the State Secretary, divided into:
(1) secr?tariat of the State Secretary
(2) Control and Inspection
(3) Plenipotentiary for Po-tier and Scrap
(4) Organizational Instructor
(5) Press referent
(6) gain ;ecuz>ity Inspection
(7) Legal and Contractual Arbitration Service
($) General Ad,:iinistration
(9) Classified work (Verschlussarbeitenf
b, Central Personnel Department
c. Central Libor Department
d.. Central Manning Department
e, Central Investment Department
f.. Central Department for ;iaterial Procurement
g,, Cents s1 Cow. ercial Derartrnent
h. Central Budget Department
i, Central Revision (Inspection) Deryartnent
j.. cntral Tr-an$oort Depart cnt
k., ` %in Department for Technology and Reconstruction
1, ''lain Marketing Department (Abss.tz)
7, The following technical schools are under the Central Labor Department-
a, Fachschule fuer Chemie, Magdeburg
b. Fachschule fuer Chemie, Halle
c, Fachschule fuer Chemie, Koethen
d., ?h scfnule fuer Chemie-44'irtschaft, Leipzig
e. Fachschule fuer Seifen-und '.' a.schindustrie, Dresden
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The tiain CE;parttnent for Technology and Reconstruction supervises the
following . nstitutes:
a. In;titut fuer C anische Chemie, Leipzig
b:, Irstitut fuer Katalyseforschung, Rostock
i't f1Struktions--una Ingenieur-Duero, Leuna.
,axn SLUE s uowartwnt supervises:
a, Cl'.Z Cherni.e
b. DIZ ilaushalt Chemie
c. Gummi-Asbest
d, +.'_Z Kra"tstoffe and Mineraloele.
fin 'T'he main administrations of the itate Secretariat for Chemistr -
a,. IN Kali-und Nichterzbergbau (Potassium and Neon--Cre Mining)
br. IN 'luessige 9rennstoffe (Liquid Fuels)
c., HV 3chwercheraie (Heavy Chemistry)
d., IN Kurststo`'fe (Synthetic Products)
e HV Organische Chemle (Organic Chemistry).
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