THE STATE PLANNING COMMISSION

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 21, 2009
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: April 29, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
DATE OF INFO.
This Document contains information affecting the Na
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Its transmission or revelatioh.of its contents
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SECURITY INFORMATION
The State Planning Commission
REPORT
DATE DISTR. 29 April 1953
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i5 The State Planning Commission (Comisiunea de Stat a Planificarii, CSP) which
was established in July 19489 is directly responsible to the Prime Minister's
Office. At first only a small staff was employed., since the Commission was
dealing only with the plan for 1949.
2? In 1949, when work was started on the Five Year Plan for 1951 to 19558 which
was to cover the whole state economy, the staff was increased to 2DOOOe At
the beginning cf 19519 when the plan was ready, the staff was reduced by
30 per cents
The administration and the department dealing with military matters are
located at Piata Alexandru Lahovari Noe 27, while all operational departments
are located at Strad& Academiei 5a
The Commission has 30 operational departments (Divine) which deal with the
actual preparation of the plan. The department for conomic development
registers the requirements of industry and the nature. resources enterprises,
and plans new industries and new exploitation enterprises? Some of the more
important departments are-, coordination; investment; finance; economic
development (Divisia Desvol,tari Economics A Teritoriului); machine factories;
building; building materiaisA sanitary installationst cultural and health
institutions; labor and wages; mines and petroleum; light industry; food
industry; foundries; iron and other metals; prices (electricity, gas, water);
general consumption; and agriculture,
Each department has a total of 20 to 30 first, second, and third grade
planners, Two to three departments whose work is closely connected are
responsible to one advisers
Planning in connection with the Five Year Plan is shown on. a ma-,ph' rhioh
all planned new industries or enlargementi are indicated by means of small
symbols,
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The Bacau district shows a large number of such symbols, indicating the
creation of new industries of all kinds,
bo ThePloesti-district indicates prospective oil drilling,
c, North Transylvania and Bucovina indicate planned mines..
do The Hunedoara and Resita-factories are to-be-enlarged 0
e? At two places on-the Danube, east of Giurgiu, ship symbols are placed to
indicate shipyards to be built there,,.
The Commission is headed by a president and two deputies, and each is assisted
by eight advisers. They, in turn, are responsible for the work of the depart-
ments, The Commission?e management is in continuous contact with. eight. Soviet
advisers those permanent seat is at Strada Polona 4, (in the vicinity of Strada
Lahovari), Regiinal offices were set up in 1951,
80 Soviet t#chnical literature served as the basis for preparation of the Five
Year Plan", Many meetings were held with the Soviet advisers, whose consent
was sought for every step?
9 , Z'agh~was believed by employees of the Planning Commission to have been
transferred to a factory in Craiova 4t the beginning of 1951 because of the
failure of the Two Year Plan for 1949 and 1950.
10, The following officials of the State Planning Commission are known:
Stefan Arsene (real name Etienie Bercovici), head of the Coordinating
Department
Atanasiu"fnu 'adviser to the Petroleum Department
Balaceanu, fnu, Vice President of the P1ar ing Commission
d, Miron Constantinescu, President of the P1*nning Commission.' is also a.
member of the General Secretariat of the Party?
Damian, fnu; head 'of Gospodarii CollecUTe 'bpartmen~
Rudolf Efram' head of the Labor and Salaries Denarimen+-
Alice Georgescu, head of Food Industry Department, is an engineer,
ha Christy Ghiali, advise~
Hahn, fnu, head of Construction Department
Simon Katz, head of Investment Department
Lungescu, fnu, advise
1,, Mania Manescu, former adviser to the Labor and Wages Depgrr now
head of the Statistical Instituted
in, Masgareanu fnu head of Agricultural D"rtme
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n. Neeulceanu fnn head,of Price Department
er adviser at the Planning Commissio
Russo,, fnu9, is head of Mines and Oil Department.
Emil Stand iu Vice President of the Plannin Commission
a. I Sterna fnn,,, head of the Territorial Development Department,
to Troicoki fnue is a Soviet adviser.
uQ Zimbrea,., fnu, head of Industrial Machinery Departmen
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