The emphasis on heavy industry and the neglect of light industry was not due so much to the demands of defence as to the necessity of rapidly expanding the Soviet's heavy industry as the only possible basis for the industrialisation of an agricultural country. (b) Paragraph 15. "... the transformation of the eastern industries to meet peace time needs". It is likely that the Urals industrial region will be retained as an armaments production centre, because of its secure strategic situation. Civilian needs may be largely met from industries in the West.