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7.01 sources of funds
- 7, AC9
- The greatest share of party funds comes from
membership dues supplemented by earnings from party
publishing enterprises. The figures for membership dues
vary some, though not significantly--ranging from 73
percent of the total party income in 1956 to 67.8 percent
in 1961. For publishing, the figures run from 25 percent
in 1955 to 31.7 percent in 1961. The 1961 figures also
attribute .5 percent to "other revenue." There is some
speculation in the literature about state subsidization
of the party, but the sources find this difficult to
determine, as the state budget does not specifically
report any support to the party. One source believes that
subsidies from the state budget of the USSR are listed
under ‘social and cultural expenditure" and are
accounted for in party statutes as "other income." The
latter category, however, seems to account for only a
small portion of the party’s income.
- 7.02 source of members
- 5, AC9
- Enrollment in the party is conducted through
individual action. Persons seeking candidate status,
prior to acceptance as a full-fledged member, apply
directly to a primary party organization. A primary party
organization is organized in any institution or
enterprise and consists of not less than three party
members.
- 7.03 sources of leaders
- 2 (sectors 10, 11), AC4
- 2 (sectors 10, 11), AC6
- This coding judgment is based on Bilinsky`s figures
showing the primary occupations of Central Committee
members for the year 1961. The figures show that
approximately 55 percent of the full members are pure
Apparatchis or members of the party bureaucracy. Another
30 percent are described as public administrators,
including farm and factory directors, and leaders of
public societies. One can assume that the latter category
falls within the general sector of the government
bureaucracy.
- 7.04 relations with domestic parties
- 7, AC9
- As the only party in the Soviet Union, the CPSU is
completely autonomous in this dimension.
- 7.05 relations with foreign organizations
- 4, AC9
- The CPSU has long played a leading role in relations
among foreign Communist and socialist parties through
such international organizations as the Comintern, which
was disbanded in 1943, and the ensuing Cominform, formed
in 1947 to counter-balance increasing cooperation among
the western powers. Comprised mainly of the Communist
parties of eastern Europe as well those of Italy and
France, the Cominform was dissolved in 1956. Although no
formal organization was formed to replace the Cominform,
the CPSU still continued as a unifying agent for foreign
leftist parties. International conferences of Communist
and workers’ parties were held in Moscow in 1957 and
1960. And indeed, the Secretariat of the CPSU has two
administrative departments which specifically handle
relations with eastern bloc and non-bloc Communist
parties. A party training program is also available for
members of foreign parties.
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