HUNGARIAN RESTRICTIONS ON DANUBE SHIPPING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000600030045-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 2, 2011
• Sequence Number: 45
• Publication Date: September 2, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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CLASSIFICATION SE :&f/Si G:;:t_I^ I:C~c-t lsTloN
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
SUBJECT Hun;ara;n 3estric*iors on
JamU;e ;, ir,: Lng
PLACE
ACQUIRED
DATE
ACQUIRED
DATE DISii
SUPPI FMENT TO
RFPCR1 NO
THIS ES UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
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1. 11 vessels sex cc is
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personnel.
~ns:,ection of tic" tug and of the
3. The Hungarian authorities inspected the
thoroc'hly for smuorled articles. If the berge'stcargcrwas^el
covered, and the destination was Rer,i ~527N-2Cl5E7. the freight
was never examined. host of t, n , banes were ccvc-ci with metal
lids; 0.tte tr,; ar ai: :,Sthorit e:; ,. 50X1-HUM
ids to inspect the 'uncovered If Lear c t s ese
tl:e arge s cargo wa mcoverea
(ai:en he freight was composed of coal
the inspecting person:el shovelled some of t'e coil aorrcre`tosl
find smug-led articles.
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the Hungarian authorities intensified their control
asures, and no member of the crew
ld
e
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Szob. These customsI guards stayed withtheeecou trhat Mohacs or
Hungarian portion of the Danube. These eustons' y tro
werexi the 50X1-HUM guard in military uniform and were arced with revolvers. Thereswerees p
to have been two such guards on each convoy, one on the tug, ~4eossd
other on the convoy itself (probably on the last barge), as ea
rule, only one guard came aboard. Each country except Austria had
such guards for foreign vessels and convoys. The Soviet vessels
travelled without such guards except in Yugoslav waters. Yugoslav
vessels travelling through Hungary were given one additional guard
arced with a submachine gun.
5. the reason for the tightening of control measures in
nngary. Any foreign vessel or convoys, adth the exception of SDOP
vessels, were given a guard n
on
t i
get Orr a vans-4-1 in .
in cou
"o A1iiga . OOnly the master and/or his assistant were
to di'seabark, and then for official reasons only. ed
the Convoys could tie at the Budapest harbor in front o the
Parliament building, but after that time barges had to anchor either
near the Ceepel island or in the Obuda harbor area. in a-'
they had to anchor about 10 m from the quay. th e e 50X1-HUM
crews could leave the vessels for a few hours to visit the town;
after that date everybody was restricted to their vessels. Even the
master and his assistant could not leave the vessel until the
customs' inspection was accomplished. These rules applied to all
*recca2s with tae exception of Soviet
who could leave ship for town on pasaPersonnel aboard SD(iP vessels,
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