The Soviet State reserves system / Советская система подсчета запасов

A study of the Soviet state reserves system is important to the US intelligence comnqunity in two ways. First, the nature and extent of state reserves must be considered in assessing the war potential of the USSR. Second, state reserves serve as a "flywheel'' in the operation of the Soviet planned economy, and a better understanding of the working of the Soviet economy may be obtained by studying them.