Technological Problems are also Included In the category of major planning documents. 7J7 These documents are enumerated proceeding from: a) their directive subordination- from a higher to a lower rank; b) the degree of their concrete elaboration with reference to executors, projects and dates- from general to more detailed. Approach The Complex Programme of scientific and technological progress of the USSR covering a period of 20 years occupies a particular place In planning. It Is a pre-plan document elaborated by scientific organizations and leading s~lentlsts.·lt considers the tasks relatln~ to the most Important social and economic problems of development of the national economy for the Indicated period; directions and ways of achieving scientific and technological progress; possible variants of solving the above­ mentioned problems on the basis of scientific and technological progress, etc. Planning bodies use·thls Programme widely at alI stage of planning. While working out the Conception, Principal Guide! lnes and Five-year Plan of economic and social development particular attention should be paid to ensuring: a) methodological uniformity of elaboration and compilation of these documents. This Is an Important condition for bringing together all different components of each document which are elaborated for various levels of management and territorial structures as wei I as for further stipulations of a higher rank document In a subordinate document. b) determination of their elaboration dates so that the planning bodies, the USSR ministries and departments, -the Councils of Ministers of the union republics have enough time for thorough examination of the planning documents In their g·raded order- from the Conception to the Principal Guidelines and then to the Five-year Plan which In turn consists of Annual Plans. The experience shows that a thorough examination of each of the above documents under the USSR conditions requires 1 to 1.5 years. Thus, the dates for elaboration and submission of a 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the planning process for the Soviet Union's scientific and technological progress, covering a period of 20 years. It mentions the importance of methodological uniformity and the need for thorough examination of planning documents. The text also references the Conception, Principal Guidelines, Five-year Plan, and Annual Plans, which are likely related to the country's economic development.

**Category**
Science and technology, Economic development