HUNGARIAN STATE RAILWAYS (MAV)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A001300770003-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 8, 2009
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: June 5, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY Hungary/East Germany~Poland
SUBJECT
Hungarian State Railways (MAV)
This Document contains information aSCCtiaY i he Na-
tions! Defense of the United States, within tkye~ mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and T94, of the U.B. t;7ode, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its c~~ntents
to or receipt by an unauthorised person is prnhiblted
by law. The reproduction of this form >a pralstbited.
REPORT
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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS fN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITfVE.
THE APPRA/SAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
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5 Jurxe 1953
1. On 20 January 1953 there was about eno h high-grade coal for two days in the
depots, From all other sources about - 4 days,
2. The average daily freight carried by MAV iaa.s 10,300 - 10,500 freight cars on
20 January 1953.
3. Hospital Traia~,
a, The prototype wsa completed at the beginning of January 1953. Warren
'~aeaistants" were detailed to give the whole train. a thorough wash and polish
before the hand over to the Hungarian Army which wsa carried out in the
presence of Defence Minister General Mifc~.ly Farkas. Nine more of these
trains ar to be made during 1953. One of the reasons for the hold up is
production of the prototype was a long dispute with the Soviet experts who
wanted to~uae 2-axlpd passenger slow trains and even covered freight cars
for the casualties.Fina].ly, the Hungarian expertat advice of 4-axled
passenger coaches was accepted,
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s su or na e o e echnioal and engineering department of the Ministry o~'
Communications.
5. Up to 20 January 1953, 71 engines had been sent bads from Poland. An engineer
was sent to Warsaw on 25 January 1953 to deal mainly with this question.
6, ~7.itarizat,~on of the Railways.
a. It is still generally expected that the railways wi)1 be taken over by t}1e
Army, All employees in the railway aec.tion of the Ministry of Communioa~;ions
are gradually being put into uniform and are to have ranks (i.e. Mayor, fttc.).
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a. (cont.) Many of the senior officials are being down-graded,
b,
7. Reduction of Frei~zht Traffic.
At the beginning of February 1953 there was a sharp restriction of freight
traffic. The main trains af~ected were through trains e.g. all six daily
trains from Budapest-Jdzsefvaros were cancelled. No private contracts for the
movement of freight are accepted and official applications from business and.
national concerns are often turned down by the stations concerned, without
reference to a higher authority.
g. Orders for Railroad Stock.
a. Hungary has been asked to quote urgently the price of a !.~-piece motor
train for the Czechoslovak .General Staff,
b. ' East Germany asked quotations on 5~. motor coaches and l,,-piece motor
Pullman coaches. Hungary is trying to talk the East Germans into
accepting, instead of these latter, motor trains such as will be
supplied to the Czechs,
9. Engineer Csaszar (fnu)~formerly depaty head of the technical and.
engineering department of the Ministry of Communications, has
started work as an engineer in the car repair central office.
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