METHODS AND CHANNELS UTILIZED IN PLANNING CONSTRUCTION OF SOVIET FACTORIES

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• Publication Date: December 17, 1953
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY USSR
SUBJECT Methods and Channels Utilized in Planning
Construction of Soviet Factories
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1, The People's Commissariat (later referred to in the USSR as Ministry) of
Construction (Narodnii Kommissariat Straitelstva) had two main sections -
Planning and Construction. This Narkom (Narodnii Kommissariat) built new
factories and reconstructed or improved old ones. The Chief Planning
Administration (Glavniya Upravleniya Proyektirovaniya - or GLAVK) of the
Construction Narkom made the technical plan for each factory. This GLAVK
(Glavniya Upravleniya Narkomata) had several planning sections, or trusts,
under it, such as GIPROMACH (Gosudarstvenoi Institut Proyektirovaniya
Machina Straeniya - Government Planning Institute of Machine Building).
There were also planning sections covering such activities as agricultural
construction, aviation, electric machines, textile machines, and transport
(railroads, bridges, roads). gee enclosure for a sketch indicating
relationship and organization of certain units of the Soviet Government
concerned with construction planning. It gives a sample breakdown of
one of the Narkoms. This chart is intended to supplement following por-
tions of this report2
2. The Industrial Bank allocated funds for the Five Year Plan worked out by
GOSPLAN. The Bank had many branches throughout the USSR and exercised
extensive control, ie it gave funds to each factory, checked on progress
being made, and, if satisfied, provided the necessary additional funds.
When a factory received notice from the Bank that an account had been
opened to finance planned work (construction or improvement), the Planning
Section of the Construction Narkom drew up a Technical Plan (Technichiski
Proyect) for the construction of a new plant or the improvement of an exist-
ing one. This included: the details of planned production (technologichiskaya
zapiska), actual plans for buildings and machines (the technichiski proyect
proper), and the cost calculations (smeta). Calculations were made to cover
a period of one year. The amounts, in millions of rubles, to be spent for
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the project Were
activity of eop'
planning was 49,
in Kharkov 104(
which handle
lug of factorteS
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'ken down by quarter (three months). The quarterly
17110 plants was also indicated. The actual detailed
c411Y, for example in Kharkov. Trest (Trust) No 26
the Construction Narkom. The Trust had a section
s pertaining to approval of technical plans for build-
It would reconcile plans of GIFROMACR in Moscow with
local conditiOns:otprepent alternate ideas. The section would also indi-
cate whether,plAnned construction wae feasible in that area and whether
necessary building materials were Obtainable locally. It was general prac-
tice to attempttO'Obtain as much money as possible for a project, so that
the construction tToit would not run short of funds. Basic costs were two:
labor and materials! Construction materials, as well as labor, had set
costs. It was pOeeible, however, to adjust them to local conditions, as
such questions :As Cost of transportation had to be considered.
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3. Construction planning is done in a certain chronological order and goes
through certain channels. The Construction Narkom's planning section deal-
ing with machine building, for example, draws up a technical plan for the
construction of a new plant or the improvement of an existing one. The
detailed planning is done in the area where the factory is to be built,
such as in Kharkov. Then the chief of the cost-agreement section of a con-
struction trust, such. as Trust No 26 in Kharkov, is consulted. The Trust
comes under the construction section of the Construction Narkom. The tech-
nical plan then is sent to Moscow, to the OKS (Otdel Kapitalgnova Strai-
telstva Major Construction Section) of the GLAVK (Glavnaya Upravleniya
Narkomata - Chief Administration of the Narkom) of the Narkom which will
have jurisdiction over the new plant. For example, it could be the NKSM
(Narkom Srednevo Machina Straieniya - Medium Machine Building Narkom).
The GLAVK forms a commission consisting of one representative each of the
OKS, the factory, and the construction trust. The factory representative
is an engineer and the man from the trust is the chief of the cost-agreement
section. The commission goes over the plan and makes adjustments in equip-
ment and costs. The technical plan then goes up to the Otdel Expertiza
(Expertise Section). This group operates primarily under the GOSFLAN, but
also under the Industrial Bank, and is on a higher level than a Narkom.
The experts check all plans - as to cost calculations, equipment, schedul-
ing, time at which funds should be made available - and reach a compromise
solution. The GOSPLAN, if necessary, orders other plants to support the
new factory with products to be made available at the time they are needed.
For an individual to take part in construction planning, it is important
for him to know well pertinent regulations and the rights of groups involved.
As can be seen from the above, it is the Expertise Section which makes the
decision on the final amount and determines the time at which work will be
done.
It., The conStruction: trust representative, with his assistants, works out a
time limit for the final technical plan. This is done by the representa-
tive in Moscow, 90. as to save time. It is also advantageous to the con-
struction trust to have its man working on the final technical plan, as
the trust can better keep the initiative in its drive to obtain adequate fin-
ancing. At Sa earlier stage of the proceedings, when the plan is before
the Expertise Section, the trust representative attempts to get redistri-
bution of funds for the preferred quarters, ie the summer period. This is
difficult to do, but by indicating to the experts that it would be desira-
ble to do so then one considers the activities of supporting plants (steel,
cement), it may he accomplished. When the details of the final technical
plan have been 'worked out, it is submitted to the appropriate Narkom for
approval! It ,i0 :the. sent to GOSPLAN which., after approving it, sends it
to the AlleUr404 PPnnoil of Narkoms (ministers). It is this body which
gives the fLnal temp, of approval. Once the technical plan has emerged
from the Expertise- Section, its course through the above-mentioned upper
echelons is ueUlly tilliocAlt, for the experts are trusted. The technical
plan covers a. periO of one year and its approval guarantees financing.
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If the work scheduled to be done during the year is not completed, it of course
must be carried over to the next year. and must be refinanced. 50X1
5. Copies of the approved plan are distributed as follows: one to the Construc-
tion Narkom, which then transmits it to the appropriate construction trust,
such as the one in Kharkov; one to the Industrial Bank; and one to the
appropriate Narkom, such as the Medium Machine Building Narkom, which trans-
mits it to the factory concerned. Finally, a subdivision (such as GIPROMACH)
of the planning section of the Construction Narkom, working from the:approved
plan, makes up a Work Plan (Rabochi Proyect) for the new plant. This plan
consists of detailed, drawings dealing with thickness of walls, types of
windows, machines, and foundations.
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ENCLOSURE (A) Chart of Certaln. Units of the Soviet Government Concerned with
Construction. Planning p 1941,
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