Northern (N): Bulgaria (NG). Economic Planning

A file of correspondence and reports concerning the Bulgarian economy. The documents cover speeches by the Bulgarian leader, Todor Zhivkov, on the Bulgarian economy; legislative changes affecting Bulgarian industry and the national economy; and the economic results for the first nine months of 1963, with information on industry, agriculture, capital construction, transport and communications, trade, labour, and productivity. Further subjects covered include a decree aimed at improving the organisation of the sale of consumer goods; shortcomings in the machine-building industry, noting its importance to the national economy and the low number of women employed in the sector; and plans to increase central control of industry, agriculture, and administrative bodies, including rumours of further restrictions on labour mobility. The file also covers a visit by diplomats to the Z.M.M. machine-tool works; and the establishment of the Bulgarian Council for Industrial Design.