SHIP CONSTRUCTION IN BUDAPEST

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004400790007-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 27, 2007
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: July 14, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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. SeetIons 798 and 194. of the U.S. Code. as
amended. Its transmieslon or revelation of Its contents
to or receipt by an unautborleed person is prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
SECRET CONTROL--U. S. OFFICIALS ONLY
COUNTRY Hungary
SUBJECT Ship Construction in Budapest
REPORTI
DATE DISTR. 14 July 1954
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THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
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1. The GheorghiU Deb (former Ganz) Shipyard in Budapest is engaged in building
the following 1,100-ton vessels for the USSR:
Hull 46 - GEDOV
47 - GOMEL
48 - GOLM
49 - CIS TRIN
Before delivery each vessel has an 8-hour trip on the Danube fully loaded.
2. The Ganz yard employs 2,500 workers. At the end of March 1954, two floating
cranes, each of 150 tons capacity, were completed there for delivery to the
USSR. The Polish passenger ship under construction there has been launched.
3. The Obuda shipyard employs 1,500 men and is building only small river craft.
4. The Meszhart yard is only building river barges.
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