INDUSTRIAL AND MILITARY INSTALLATIONS IN THE BANHIDA AREA

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A000900850006-3
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• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 4, 2003
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: April 27, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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,27 April 1953
Thai thei^mo-electrio station At Bdnhide. lies west of the town `where the
railroads crosses the Bdiahida,-Zoos roads em'.argemexit of it began in 1951.
It is expected that the `enlargement will bring its aapacit'y -up from ""89
millibh I to 196 million. Thp fuel used is lignite And- combustible
shale, mine "with Dorog and Tata"coal of"the'third qualiV. %i nation,
supplies elbotricity to"Dorog, 'Tokod, ' W pest B.udapelii;, 1*koissei~rbmihaly,
Rakospalota, 8sentendre, Budokilies PoMiml, 0eillachegy, Mlisv5r86T*r and
!setergom. "' The director `is can-a6ri:%rgap'~foa'ier"oki et engineer of "'b he
I udapelt.Kt lenf11d electrical center. The technical diregtor is I Elgineer
Gh* Bagel.
The Tatabizip power station is also to be enlarged. 'The main objective
10 to I up ply the great demands of the Tali&Unya Aluminum works, which
alone require`40 m'i`llion" ' yearly. 4.It -w ,Yii ales supp power for the
o4rbide, cement, and synthetic gasoline works of Ux 'i elep.
3. The 81 i Tide garriilon ~co,nei is of 'Bor`der~`Giard Battalion' ( 070)'o which
ir`?guarterad o*rposite`wthe` railroad r anon, ooniande' is ?~ap ~-
Miklos 04Vox (,sic about?'$6 years `cold, a "farmeraolerk. The battalion
consists of a staff, a signal platoon, a motor5.eed oom$ y, of 80 men, a
caval=ry platoon of 25 men and a border guard detaohment on the Danube.
$etween" Tate and Tata.Tovdroai is a l'ar e a oared barracks, `oonsiet .rig of
eight four.story buildings and numerous garages. It is occupied by a
complete armored" regiment and an armored sohoo11. The regiment his
88 T-34/88 tanks, the school has 12 to 14 more and two J8 5s.` motions
for 1,000 men are drawn but it is not olear how many of them belong to
the regiment.
Oi the east aide of the. TatabBt mr+'erge jfa1n road, 'there * is a ii*' barracks compound which is being oodupied..by:armored troops. It consists
of three three-story buildings and +wtg garages.,
Annex All- Sketch of the Bjhida barracks, I page.
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