THE USSR STATE RESERVES PROGRAM

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• Publication Date: December 5, 1952
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
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The USSR State Reserves Program
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What do you think is the purpose of the State Reserves Program?
I believe that the basic purpose of the Reserves Program is that of providing for
war needs. I am not familiar with the post-World War II situation in this respect,
for,11946 was a year of crop failure and many of the reserves mat have been de-
leted during World War II. Intensity of the stockpiling effort is Contingent on,
he international military and political situation as evaluated by the Pol tburo.
For example, if Stalin 'considers war to be imminent, he will make no attempt to
stookp:tle steel, but will rather rush all available steel into the production of
tanks. Out if war is not expected, than Stalin will avoid committing large sup-
plies of steel into obsolescent tanks; he will hold the steel in reserve. In this
connection, there was a heightened interest in stockpiling in 1937 when it became
apparent that war was unavoidable.
How does the Reserves Program operate?
The following establishments would participate in the Reserves Pro
The Politburo and its working apparatus (rabochiy apparat)
Military Section of the Party Central Committee (Voyennij Otdyel TsKa Partiyi)
War Ministry (Voyerinoye Ministerstvo)
Chief Quartermaster Directorate (Glavnoye Intendantskoye Upravleniye)
Gosplan and .the Committee of Reserves
The various ministries
Procuremeiat organizations such as zagotserna, zagotktalopka etc
Trusts
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(i) Factories
(j) Kolkhozes and sovkhozes
Functions of the Committee of State Reserves were formerly fulfilled by. Gosplan.. The
Committee is concerned exclusively with planning and works on a Gosplan basis, having
an apparatus in each republic just as Gosplan does; however, it should be exphasized
that control is concentrated in Moscow,- Both Gosplan and the Committee of State Re-
serves are subordinate to the Council of Ministers; Gosplan is concerned with current
planning while the Committee is concerned with planning of reserves,-
The preliminary figures (kontrol?niye teyfri) are determined by Gosplan in conjunction
with the appropriate division of the Central Committee about July. These figures are
worked into the general economic and finanical plan which is confirmed about October
or November fob the ensuing year.
Reserves a1~.distributed for storing by regions and provisions for storing are made by
Gosplan axth.e Committee of Reserves together with the various ministries, Administr8
ifoft over-"'storing-of reserves is decentralized in establishments of Union and local
subordi '"tion, Warehouse facilities are constructed in accordance with the economic
plan pdpertly at the expense of the kol hones since they provide the labor.
Resonsibility for fulfilling directives concerned with formation of reserves rests on:
The Committee of Reserves
(a) The C soil of Ministerao USSR
(d) Union and Republic ministries
(e) Directors of trusts, i'aotoriee, and sov hoses and chairmen of kolkhoses
(f) Party and state supervisory organs,
Reserves are financed in accordance with the financial plan which has as its sources
of funds p .
(b) The USSR and the Union Republic gosplans
(a) The USSR and Union Republic budgets
(b) Gosbank credits
(a) Kolkhoz and sovkhoz funds
The reserves are divided into two categories:
(a) Untouchable funds (nyeprikosnovyenniye tardy)
(b) Reserves for satisfying the needs of current unusual enterprises
Reserves are exploited by permission of the Committee of State Reserves with the agree-
ment of Gosplan and confirmation of the Council of Ministers. In exceptional cases ac-
cess to reserves can be had by a Politburo directive in the form of a Council of Min-
isters order (postanovleniye).
If reserves for current unusual needs prove inadequate in some given year, at;cess can
be made to untouchable funds but these must be replaced in the ensuing years.
Factories and plants producing consumers goods exclusively carry.reserves only for use
in fulfillment of current production plans and these are not reserves as such.
How long do you think this program has been in operation?
The Committee of State Reserves has always been in existence but it was formerly a part
of Gosplano I do not know when it became a separate organization,
Qa What do people who live near a state reserve say about such an installation? What do
they think it to be?
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which may have strategic importance, they try to refraih from seeingf Ithor tbink1rrthing
about it.
How large a supply you think is controlled by state reserves locally and/or nationally
fort the follow ngtpproduicts; grain, petroleum, tires, hay, canned meat and/or tushenka,
A. I have no information on this subjects
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