HUNGARY SPEEDS WAR PRODUCTION AND TRAINING; DISCONTENT AMONG FACTORY WORKERS REPORTED

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• Publication Date: December 21, 1950
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DATE OF
INFORMATION 1950
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REPORT N0.
HUNGARY SPEEDS WAR PRODUCTION AND TRAINING;
.DISCONTENT AMONG FACTORY WORKERS REPORTED
CONSTRUCT WAR PLANT CENTER IN BORSOD BASIN -- Munich, H4ngaria, 20 Oct 50
Because of its physical characteristics, the 8orsod basin has been as-
signed as important role for war production plants.. U~diosgyor '"D" assembly
plant was put into operation early last month, and sasembly of armor and
weapons parts manufactured at Diosgyor is already under way. A large number
of the 11,000 workers employed at the Usdiosgyor arms, munitions, and war
materiel.plant are youths. A village housing 5,000 has been constructed for
the young workers.
The recently completed ]25,000-kilowatt power plant at Dioagyor is now
supplying electricity for all the factories in +.he vicinity of Miskolc, and
the Barcika plant now supplies electricity only for Sa,jovolgy mines and fac-
tories.
A cement plant has also been built between Diosgyor and the Miskolc
switchyard to supply cement primarily for the construction of factories.
The railroad car repair shop at Miskolc is being transformed into acar-
manufacturing plant, and asix-story munitions plant is being built into the
side of Torman-teto mountain at Sajoba5on}r. Excavation for the plant was begun
in 19+9 and now only the concrete work remains to be do.'ze.
A nex military sir training field was recently completed at Sa~okapolna.
Pilots in training here will perfect their training in the USSR.
AVH WAR PLANT OFFICERS HEAD FACTGRIES -- MunicL, Hungarie, 27 Oct 50 `~'
It is reportkd from Vienna that Rungarian factory workers have become so
disgusted with theca work that_the successful conclusion of the Five-Year Plan
is in grave danger. The situation is serioul3 in plants producing war materials
where expediting brigades called "plant triangles" can get no more additional ~
production out of the harried workers by threats or by displaying "champion
worker" signs.
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COUNTRY Hungary
SUBJECT Military -War production, training
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PUBLISHED Daily, Weekly newspapers
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PUBLISHED Germany; Sweden
DATE
PUBLISHED 20 oct - 15 Nov 1950
LANGUAGE Hungarian; Swedish
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Since production of war materials is an easentia"1 part of the Five-Year
Plan, war plant officers have been named at the direction of the Cominform to
head the plant triangles.
During World War II w;s p1eWt officers were usually older officers retired
from the front, but now they are State Security Authority (AVH) political com-
missars. AVO paper uses AVO and AVH interchangeabl,~ henchmen armed with
tommy guns searca every worker as he enters and leaves the plant, to prevent
sabotage or espionage.
SOVIET COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF APPOINTED FOR HUNGARY -- Stockholm Morgon Tidningen,
15 Nov 50
Graz, 14 November -- According to the Austrian newspaper Steyrerblatt, a
Soviet officer has been appointed commander-iL-chief of the Hungarian Army.
The newspaper stated that the new commander-in-chief, Stefan Bartta, was
born in Russia and received his military training there. It added that he was
formally discharged from the Red Army and transferred to the Hungarian Army.
RESERVISTS CALLED FOR 3 MONTHS' TRAINING -- Munich, Hungaria, 20 Oct 50
Following the distribution of new military identification papers indicating
political reliability, thQ interviewing of military reservists was begun in
September. Those who pass this screening, also, are eligible to be called for
3 months' +.raining.
The first group to be called, artillerymen, armored units, technicians,
and 20- and 21-year-old recruits, received orders to report by 1 October. By
the end of their 3-month training period, a new group will re called.
Although the State Security Authority is supervising military induction,
many fail to report for duty. This is especially true of new recruits, who either
hide at home, or escape to the West.
350,000 ORGANIZED INTO WOREOs'RS' MILITIA -- Munich, Hungaria, 10 Nov 50
Vienna sources report that upon express orders from Moscow, worker masses
in Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Rumania, and Bulgaria, now apparently complete]y
indoctrinated with Communism have been organized into militia units for the "Peace
Front." After speeches by Matyas Rakosi and Mihaly Farkas, the 29 September con-
fidential ministerial conference ordered the induction, arming, and training of
350,000 workers.
On 1 October workers' militia units were organized at every industrial site
and wor:shop employing more than ten persons, and 3 days later the training of
well over 300,000 men began. Day after day, from 1800 to 2000 hours, the workers
undergo the same basic training as partisans. Saturday afternoons and Sunday
evenings, State Security Authority office-~9 instruct croups of 100 in military and
industrial counterespionage. Officers training the workers' militias have been
trained in the USSR since spring 1948?
The new military organization is called the "Work and Defense Association,"
and consists of 100 brigades, which are divided into six comman:is. Simultaneously
with the formation of the Work and Defense Association, there was created a "Citi-
zen's Defense. Authority" which now occupies a four-story building on Marko Utca.
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On 29 October elite units of the new militia marched out to afield at
Huvoavolgy to the tune of Russian martial music. After certain military exer-
cises, the men listened to a speech by Lieutenant General Farkas on the neces-
sity of armed preparedness.
PURGE RANR3 OF "WARRIORS~FOR LIBERTY" -- Munich, Hungaria, 27 Oct 50
It is reported from Vienna that Hungarian Communists have organized a
Matyas Rafiosi brigade to support Soreaa Communists.
At the same time, a large-scale purge has been begun in the Warriors for
Liberty Association, malty members oP which are joining the Communist partisans.
After reviewing the reports of the county secretaries, Adam Gubis, head of the
organization section, decided that the ranks of the Warriors for Liberty should
be purged and tightened up. At present, morale has sunk to such a low level that
on1y.10-20 percent .oY the ~aembers attend the 90-hour basic training course,
aria rust in-the racks, and weapons have been stolen. In the course .of the
purge, 40-45 percent of the members are to be dropped from the society.
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