SOVIET AIR FORCE, ARMY REPORTED ACTIVE IN HUNGARY

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• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 4, 2011
• Sequence Number: 561
• Publication Date: November 3, 1949
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY. REPORT
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COUNTRY Fungary
SUBJECT Ftiiitelry
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PUBLISHED 1 Jul - 1 Aug 194y
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recently sad awe etntianed along the Yagoslnv - Auntrina frostier.
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laoatet! in the former police barraaks. R~a].isteifl men are also quartered is
these 'barracks, is the infnatry sad aalvnry barracks, and at the Hartianlture
Institute. Some ad the offiaers live near the Perint fiver and. others live
is apprcaimately &) private homes in the eneterc part of the city. The tanks
are locates at M111enina Park, at the plnygronnd, and at the eparta arena.
Iaeluded ehong the teaike are the modernized T-34 'beaks nov 4moan ne the T-42.
Rosseg, Velem, Zeokenbech, sad Posohezedorif era also aoonpied by Russian
arnaeed troops There ie also a platoon of ~0 men iodated et uberwe~t.
Pinkakbrtes, Rdlitz, Soahfidieoh, and Groaepeteredari'f have been cleared of
Rnseian troops.
Aacording to estimates, there io at least one diviaian etati~ad along
the YuSaelav frontier of .~xngary. A few days ago, 78 trains ware aec~ adi
the gaaz~end-Saombathely-Szentgatthard line, av?raging 20 aara sash, and
heading toward the Yugoslav b-Fdar witch ??e}as;en troops sad supplies. Each
traia ganerall,V ocnaisted of ais to night tanks, four husvy cearson, ammunition,
end gaealine. The troops were unloaded in the Yugodlav-Austx'ian-F6~ngdriez-
bad~der triangle.
Rvssiaa mechanized units ~IIBTe also ebprt adin~ em.th tower3 the Drava.
Smaller unite weu~e arriving 1n Szeged, Bah, ipcaetrer, and Peoa. The Soviet
Air Faroe nad MVD have also been relnfaro d at Peaa.
New emergency airfialde ere being built near the Yugoslav border. Ass
airfield vas built nt Gyulnvari-puszta neaF Bokesgyula. The officers are
quartered it the .~lme~ey castle sad the eAllstp~ mem in farm buildiage.
Iri the abeenaa of hangars, planes and feel' a2'IB Bidden in the forest on the
fa4C 4L 01LL9 v~ ~.uv uaaa-...nu.
Another airfield. is being built sou4.}~wee$ c#' (iyuta ca the, ,'forasceente-
7,arsnd htghway. The planes here sae onmo~irla~en~ }uet ac those at the
GyuLavarl-passta Airfield.
3'IIH1~ PI,p~T NqW 61Affi5 CARTRSDGE CASffi -- Sznbnd Toll, No 7/8, 1 Jul 49
The Snhne factory at Moeonmagyarovesr has Seen convexted to produoa war
equipaeat. IIntil the sad of last year, this plant produced agricuitnrel
&aohinery. Soviet military personnel visited tie plant in January of this
year, and under their direatiune, equiuv~ut wee installed to myxo cartridge
oe~!ee and other military itesms. P'mployeae work ]2 to 13 hours s day.
After hours, factory warkere are formed lute work brigades of 5U a m
far the reoonetruotion work on the nilit+u~Yly ispJrtant branch 4~ailsoaG ;ne
leading to the Cseohoelarnk border near Raskn.
RU8,5IAN3 SSRVL'4G TN HQNGAR7AlY A4MY -- gozponti Ta~skoztnto, No 5, Aug 49
At present, there are 4b hig3-ranking Russian officers attached to the
gungsrian ArRy. Four generals nro stationed 1n Budapest end two colonels ere
assigned to the Minietry~.di' Defense. A Ruseiaa staff officer Se nttmched to
each of the i3 departments of the general staff, with casks ranging from
captain to lientennnt aolauel. Tyro staff cfficere are aeefgnefi to the training
depnrtnent of the Ministry of Defense end two to the personnel department.
A total of 12 Rueeisa offiaera are assigned to the offiaore' academy anz to
the field training camps, ns advisors. There are txo liaison offiaere for
each of the four district headquarters.
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FI01~ bl0986~11'P QtOfiL~ -- II3 Nem~edek, lyo 12, 15 Jail h9
In 196. the Pioneers had a membership at' 1,600 youtha, ?hile today there
are 700,000 smm~,ere. Rifle drill is nav included is the training program of
the organisatlori.
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