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CSAV. The real authority in most of the scientific research facilities is held by the local Communist Party cell. Under the new government organization, the two provincial or republic governments—the Czech Socialist Republic and the Slovak Socialist Republic—have established their own separate ministries in some fields. In some cases, the activities of these provincial ministries are coordinated by new federal ministries. The federal government, however, does not have a ministry for education nor a ministry for health, since these areas are considered to be the responsibilities of the two states. The higher educational institutions and their affiliated research institutes are under the supervision of the state governments. The bureaucratic complexities of the present system of parallel federal and state ministries have caused serious difficulties in the administration of scientific research and development.

Federal ministries concerned with scientific activities include the Ministry of National Defense, Ministry for Technological and Investment Development, Ministry of Fuel and Power, Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, Ministry of Transportation, and Ministry of Metallurgy and Engineering (Figure 1). Particularly important is the Ministry for Technological and Investment Development, which was formed in January 1971 from the Committee for Technological and Investment Development. This ministry controls all federal scientific and technical activities, including allocation of funds for the CSAV. Its minister, Ladislav Supka, formerly headed the Central Committee Department for Scientific, Educational, and Cultural Affairs. The Ministry for Technological and Investment Development is responsible for establishing a unified government scientific and technological policy and for coordinating and controlling scientific programs and certain development programs. The ministry formulates the applied research and development program with assistance

'''FIGURE 1. Federal government organization of scientific research and development (C)'''

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