1. HUNGARIAN ARMORED NCO TRAINING CENTERS 2. SOVIET BASIC TRAINING CAMP

• Document Type: CREST
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• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 19, 2009
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: April 21, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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tional Defense of the United? States, within the mean-
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SECURITY. INFORMATION
DATE OF INFO.
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Hungary
1. Hungarian Armored. NCO Training
Centers
2. Soviet Basic Training Camp
DATE DISTR. 2. pril 1953
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I. Hungarian Armored. NCO Training Centers
a. The political officer of each armored unit is.esponsible for the selection
of NC? candidates. who are being sent to training centers at KenyermezB,
Kemenee, and at, Vipa. Training at these camps lasts for .three months.
Some of the outstanding trainees-ate sent to Kemence for further,,..44Z months
of instruction. Each of the above named armored centers gra :4atee 30 NCOs
per month, i.e, altogether' 90 newly appointed. NCOs reach the armored units
each month, In all three camps there are Russian officers among. the
instructors, Commands are given, even by the Hungarian instructors, in Russian,
b. In addition to the armored trainees, AVE troops receive instruction at Kemenee:
co Since the spring of 1952,large.scale construction has been in progress
at Kemence. Two auxilliary labor battalions are engaged in the esnstruction
of new barracks, garages, machine shops$ etc.
2. Soviet Basic Traia irng Oamol near Szeged
a. About 8 km. north of Szeged, on the south side of Fehertd, there is a
bal is training camp for SQvj.et recruits. In late spring of 1952,
approximately 2,000 recruits were sent from this camp to Soviet units
in southeast-Hungary.
b. On 23, 24, and 27 September 1952, three train sections carrying a total
of 1,700 trainees arrived at this camp from the direction of Bekescsaba
and Gyula. The recruits were in uniform, but that of them were not armed,
They were greeted by a delegation of the Hungarian Ministry of Defense,
headed by a Russian, Lt. Col. T. Sramek In addition to Sramek a:
Hungarian first lieatenant,also representing the Ministry, welcomed the
troops.
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