directive character and continuity of a higher order document are lost or become weaker. SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRAMMES Scientific and technological programmes represent an Important Instrument for managing scientific and technological progress as well as ~clence and technology. These programmes differ by their Importance, scope of problems of scientific and technological progress, duration, executors, etc. Currently Union out of programmes. programmes and there exist about 200 programmes in the Soviet which more than 170 are scientlflc-technologlcel Thus, it seems expedient to identity major consider their classification. Among alI scientific-technological programmes the first place Is given to the Complex Programme of Scientific and Technological Progress which Is elaborated for a period of 20 years (by five-year periods). Every five years necessary changes are made In the Complex Programme extending Its time horizons for the other five-year period. The Complex Programme Is elaborated In such a way that It Is distributed among the planning bodies not later than 2 years before the beginning of the next five-year / ~lan In turn. This allows Its use In the process of elebo 3tlon to the Conception, Principal guldel lnes and next five-year plan. By Its nature the Complex Programme of scientific end technological progress Is e pre-plan non-directive document. It Is elaborated by the USSR Academy of Sciences, the USSR State Committee for Science end Technology end the USSR State Committee tor Construction. Then It Is submitted by these bodies to the USSR Council of Ministers end the USSR State Planning Committee. Subsequently, It Is used tor the elaboration of the planning documents. By Its contents the Complex Programme of scientific and technological progress represents elaborated forecasts and recommendations for long-term development of science end technology. They Include the most prospective directions end major changes In the field of technology, energetics, raw and other materials, technological processes, production organization and so forth. 293 This Programme Includes: -forecast 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be focused on the development of scientific and technological progress in the Soviet Union, discussing the role of scientific and technological programs in managing this progress, and the elaboration of the Complex Programme of Scientific and Technological Progress. The text mentions forecasts and recommendations for long-term development, as well as the inclusion of topics such as technology, energetics, raw materials, and production organization. This suggests that the text is primarily concerned with the development of scientific and technological capabilities, which is a key driver of economic growth and development.

**Category**
Science and technology