ESTIMATES OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE SECURITY MINISTRIES OF THE USSR (MGB AND MV

Created: 12/8/1948

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aatinated roughly that dlroot budgetary expenditures

of tha iinlstrles of State Security (OJB) and Internal Affairs (MVD) approximateoillion rubles ln tbe current fiscal year8 (aboutf the total). Of this aaouat, aboutillion rubles are estimated to corer expenditures of the Security forces porrorsdiig nilltary and para-enlltary functions, including alUtary intelligence. The renalnlnft portion of the est laa ted expenditures aro hollered to corer nueorous other HGB eixi MVD functions such ae internal security, eilitia and fire dopertaenta, political education, prison adednietrstlon, road and bo tor transport, and ir/tnlMreaco other then military.

lX Ba,tBoted that the abOTOdirect expaddlturee only. Additional large sums, ln the fore of Indirect or concealedare arailablo to the Security Organs froa the followJng sources:

a. Construction projects on behalf of various ministries which receive direct budgetary allocations for capital inventnent. As the construction ia actually perfornd by forced labor, substantial profits are accrued to OTD.

Industrial enterprises under KVD banageannt which are presumed to be self-supporting.

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Sos* unexplained or unspecified Iteeat in the Union and Re publicbudgets are probably earnerksd for 'CD end MVD to cover thalr extenaire doaeotle and forelipi opera-

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No estimates can be sode of these expenditure* because of tho laok of reliable inforeatlon.

3- CIA has nowhich wouldetailed brealrdown of tha estimated direct expenditures of the two nl nistrios.

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