ABSTRACT
The vital scientists and technicians were members of various institutes and universities under the Academy of Sciences, and ministries of machine industry under the State Council. The commission had autonomy due to the nature of its goal. Its goal was ambiguous and of high priority. The generation of new science and technology organizations in 1958 attacked the problems. The lines of jurisdiction between the Science and Technology Commission for National Defense (NDSTC) and the State Council’s Science and Technology Commission were clear as well. Preferential financing for nuclear weapons was one such indicator. The special commission failed to prevent conflict because its advantage over the Military Commission in promoting effective control was negligible. The increased importance of the goal of nuclear weapons development would, according to the theory of organizational growth, give the organization charged with this goal, the NDSTC, greater autonomy with which to carry it out.
