1. OB: AIR FORCE AND AAA 2. POLITICAL INDOCTRINATION IN MILITARY SCHOOLS

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 28, 2009
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: March 20, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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GEN-TRAL INTELLLGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
SECRET
SECURITY INFORMATION
COUNTRY Htzngar~
SUBJECT 1. OBa Air Force and AAA.
2, Political. Indoctrination in
Military-Schools
DATE OF INFO.
PLACE- ACQUIRED
This Document contains information e8ecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United Btates, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code, as
amended. Ito transmission or revelatloa of its contents
1;0 or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohibited
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20 Maxch 1953
The location of the headquarters of the Hungarian Air Force is in the Defense Ministry
Building (Hvnvedelmi IMiniszterium), The Defense Ministry Building covers the square
located a ~ and Honved streets in the fifth district of
Budapest,
in case o war a ungarian it Force will.-operate similarly to the Soviet
Air Force..: Tn such a case each Hungarian Army co~?ps would have one air division
besides other specialized divisions (such as armaredy artillery, etc). Each Hungarian
Army division would have an air (fighter `and reconnaissance) regiment under its
,~urisdietiono Each Hungarian.Army regiment would have one air company, Each army
battalion would have one reconnaissance air platoon. The bomber and transport unit s
would probably be organized directly under the Army Corps Headquarters.
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the Fi~~ga,rian AAA gibe ale egwi pad with goviet
37 ~~ 1'93 seed ~~ M 1.939 a~biairbra~'t a Thia
is 1~Aaed ox~ ~he last that Sa fly oz~ Aat '9gl
abe~sb ! ve off' the I~oviet 37 mm 1~ and abort live e! t e
soviet ~~ 1 39 and twv v! the ~~~g ~aaval gt~ t e its the
~ao~rtyard o! the AAA Barracks ( Gabor Aron ~,egvs~le~, Te~ereraegi
Lakta a , lees don aria ~tz~eet i~a ~~td eat
sae a we wti 3aed br
t e roe :~ ~'~? tra ~ btu we$"i! f3otr ~61aed !$'}."' lira r
~ the H~gariah AAA ~ita,are or a~iabd<
33~ivie"b ~ta~ as So~.lo~rp t ~y~he AAA regiment ~wh oh is
'bhe Zar eat fAMi~~~ ~I~ Vo oae~ ,o! loM~ "~^7~ si 5d~~~~Y''d Ry ;%._~ (~al~~~~~' ea~h
off' whin it ov~p Deed elour tiatteri~a (raeteg ~ gash ba tear
~ia oot~ ~aed ?~; bw? platoons (3~t ~3me of rear, ~hree platoon j .
gaoh p3~a~bvv~. ~ir~ campoaed of two ha1l~platoona :(leZasaakaar .
3n time e! 1~ea0? bher~e are lover AAA ieoea in a battery are
sue. ~~;.~,,' ~~~ , .~~~~~ there are six ieoea ~~ a 'tabtery. One " lt.
pzat?on is ao~poaed v! 3fl ea~fated men in time off' war l8 ~,h
pease and ens o!liaer. gaoh A ,~i~3aidh her araig~e~ to it
ens A~A aeotian (battalivar ga Arm regiment ha vn
battery. gash Army 1~atbai3~o~ her o~ae AAA ~iaba-?~.
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In .buns o! pesos, the coatrcl ce~-ter !or the rrhoi~ dountry is
iccat~d iA the Air For4e geadquarterr ixt, the Ministry o!
Delea~?. 1xt tuns o! war suoh ooabrol ceAters xould be lmcatsd
at bhe reapeative Ar~aiea+ headq~-artex-e, seed w+o~-ld Dover the
area o! roapvnaibility v~ the respeotiv Armiee~, while the
~jprsms Qomaat~d roo~uld be directly its charge of the aix~ aa~alety for
.the rest v! the c?'6~try.
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Tk~e border guards receive
some aircraft recognition rain ng. .The ai2houettes of all
aircraft are p?sted on bulletin boards. The guards have to
c?py these silhouettes in their note books aiad study them.
They are required to know the types of airara~t't~anC the national
insignia of aircraft` crf couratrie~l borderin lion
?t aircraft, i~' possibly. Yn Dees the nationality was not
The border guar- s have to
note stay a~,roraf t flying i~ a border ar?a, ~ivi~ag details
sash as tide, height, distance,~'directiora~ nationality, and type
recoaniZed, the report lase to state that fact. In case o
'~ugaslav aircraft, the headquarters nave t? ue
routine report at the end of the duty tour.
no a .rs~ediately by radio or telephone. Qbaarvation cf
Soviet or Hungarian aircraft has tQ be reported only in the
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The ~iir defense Fleadquarte s
Ministry' in Hudapestb
:located in the pefense
H~angBria~ officers are being trained. in radar.
techniques,, either in the ~'gs~t or at such ?n
in Hungary as `~x,~an~~~n~l,~ and/or traszprem.
The higher ranking Hungarian +c~'t'~Qers receive technical training
the U33~ c six saonths ~a three year courses ~~ . These Tiux~garian
officers, upon return to ~Iungary, act a~- in~trt~ctars fmr other
garish persoxuael.
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mere are e~even m~,lit,~ areas in 1~~ngary. Wit.
prina~,pal city cif each area ~,s tY~+~ headquarte~e
Hungarian Army Corps. These t~iti~s a~~$
Buda
S~eke~s ehe~^var
Szca~k~ath
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end
The 8cvi+~t ~r He~adqua~-tera are ~.c~sated in tote ~ete~ee ~i~fiptry`
~8uilding in Budapest. 8ther Headquarters dt ~~e i3~~ie~ A
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In all Hungarian military schools, two hours each day are
reserved far "political training, Hesid,es~ this there is a
political seminar every evening except Saturdays and Sundays..
Every day, out.~of the two hours scheduled for political training,
half an hour is reserved for oral examinations. These examina-
tions.are graded Written teats are given about ance,a we?k,
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ix~ eon~t~ction t~ith other (nog:-political) eti~'b~eate. The
~ollaxiz:;g poli~ti~a1 sub~'ects awe bejxig taught i~ X11 I3ungar~au
military ech?ola:'
(a) The ~evelops~ent of the Social ?sdere.
(b) The Theor3r o~ Dara+ri,uiem,
(a) The FIi'et~ryr cat' the sol~k:eYik Party.
{ d) Marx, Lex~ir~, 9taliM
(e) The"Revolutionary Spirit.
The Q~reat 4atober ~oaiallmt Revolution.
Tie Rur~garia~ 1918 Ravoxutiot~.
The ~lorioua Rerota Ileeda ~~ the Soviet Amy.
Theaiographiaa o! the Mili ary Leaders.
The Biographies o~ Lenin, Stalin, Rakoai, d~rQe, ltd ~a~kRr.
The ~c:nrn'ariSet Party as the Vanguard.
(1) T~se Party ~ s 'pea~9ant :pc~lioy i~t corxieatior: with raiair~ tie
liuirng a andarda o~ the peaaa~tta.
(m) The :oli~iea of tie '~nait~rs to ar: lsnperieliati? gar, ~d
their real ambitions cor:o~rnir~g ~'o~ld hegemony.
(~~ mhe ~o~riet 'CTiaior: ae the ~~uardian o~ orld~ peanei.
&t tlae Petoeti Fo~,itioal Ac~adamy, in Budapest, politiolwl.
traiMing is giv?n five days a ar?ek. The ai~cth day is reserved
~'or military training.
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There is a : ~'eelin of distrust ai~xio~s indi~iduala ~~ ~ ory~
therefore nobody area make a atsementa ab:out ao~~at
leaders.. Rven aloes ~'rianda axed rela,ti~ea spa o~te~ dis~rur~ted
Approximate~.y 84 per a?~nt o~ tY~a population hates the '?o~nts~~t~.
sere ~ou1d b
~stnaraw rrom Ru,n a
agai~tat the ~?mmun at Regime,.
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