It is generally known that in Communist countries a large part of all theoretical research is planified. The plans themselves are less well known, however. The reasons for this are manifold. First, official plans are neither published, nor communicated on request. Second, local investigators are usually loath to talk about them. (This may be due to a combination of a feeling that central planification in scientific and philosophic research is intrinsically misplaced, and an annoyance at having to work on assigned projects.) Third, when the results are published, no mention is made of the work having been done in fulfilment of a plan. This writer was fortunate enough to obtain Hungary's official plans of research on Marxism-Leninism while doing field research in that coun try on philosophy (May/June, 1965).1 The plans provide an important insight into the inner workings of the ideological-philosophical activity of this Communist country. Their analysis is, therefore, of more than routine interest.