INDUSTRIES IN BUDAPEST

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A002200090010-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 29, 2009
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: August 31, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.S. Code. as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of it contents
to or receipt by an unauthorized person Is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
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SECURITY INFORMATION
COUNTRY Hungary
SUBJECT Industries in Budapest
This is UNEVALUATED
Information
REPORT
DATE DISTR. 31 August 1953
NO. OF PAGES 2
REQUIREMENT NO. RD
REFERENCES
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
1. Ikaruez Car Body Works, Budapest.
This factory is engaged in the construction of bus bodies and the assembly of
buses. The Pieok car factory of Gy8r? furnishes Iltaruez the . s' poring
equipment, and the Csepel Auto 'aetory is furnishi other eomp4nents. The
'rlkarusz 30" (a 30-seater bus) and the "Ikarusz 60"(a 60-seater bus) are be*h
matidfaAured here. The factory also provides buses for the Hungarian Arngr.
2. 5=1e $auipment Factors i"n Budapest-M8.'I efd1d
A new iar. faetc7 was built in 1952 between the local, railway line
and the MAtylsf8ld airfield. It is believed to be connected with the
Ikeruez factory mentioned above, and with the air+dSraft repair shops at the
YAtyiefnld airfield. The works are manufacturing signals equipme ,,
including low-tension instruments, for the Hungarian AM and Air Force.
There a4ae about 600 employees, including an unspecified number of women.
3. Tube Production at Izzo in Utut
One section ad`:;,!thi i#t+?d; itndesoe~'t~.3im ;r~'r dt ' ~~g s .t..,Isy>tlls)'i~~. oduaing
tubes, for all types of military communications equipment. There is a
possibility that other factories have recently been converted for the
manufacture of special radio and radar tubes.
4. Restriction on the Purchase of Tuber
No printed price lists are available for radio tJabMaE and althodgh
theoretically there are no sales restrictions, i~ is almost impossible to
obtain anything without special authorization. he buyer is normally expected
to produce a Party identification card or official pass and the goods are not
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handed over until he has not only given his name and address, but explained
the purpose for which the tubes and other parts are required.
5. "Tipus" Radio Set.
The only type of radio available on the open market is the "Tipus" set, but
owing to the difficulty of obtaining spare parts (as explained in Pkr. 4 above),
there is often no alternative except to buy a new set if a breakdown occurs.
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