MACHINE FACTORY OF MASZOLAJ COMPANY, BUDAPEST

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A004900880004-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 16, 2007
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: December 1, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE A~a'ENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
This material contains information alfectlag the Na-
tional Defense of the Vnited States within the mean-
l11Q of the Feplont?e L-wa, Title 18, V.$.C. Sece. 793
tnd ?l14, the tranamisidon or revelation of which In
my tnt-naer to an unauthorized person is prohibited
bylaw.
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COUNTRY Hungary
PLACE ACQUIRED
Machine Factory of Maszolaj.Company,
Budapest
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THE SOURCE EVAIUAIlONS IN TN/f RE-ORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
iNE ArIRA15Al~ Of CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
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g nning 1954 the entire installation is in ver-- eooc3 condition
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2. The Machine Factory is jointly owned by the USSR and Hungary. After the end of
the war there~'was extensive dismantling; however, during the years 1948 and
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The Machine Factory of the Maszolaj Company (Maszolaj-Gepgyar), formerly
Mohrenstein & Popper, is located in the Buda st subu
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The factory is visited approximately once a month by a commission charged with
the acceptance of the production for the USSR. The commission consists of
three to four Soviet civilians. and their Hun
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Soviet technicians make in.~pec~cions of the factory at irregular intervals.
_~ 5. Work is done in three shifts, each shift having 1?i0 male workers and 20.fcmale
workers.
6. ^he production of the factory consists of the following:
ao Narrow-gauge mine locomotive a; according to information given at the Party
meeting, the monthly production quota is 250 units. As is the case with
all other quotas, however, this figure is not being achieved.
b:, Narrow-gauge mine cars; production quota unknown,
e~: Truck. trailers; monthly quotas SO units. Trailers to tx used as living
quarters, for collective farms, the ao-called machine and tractor stations;
monthly production quotas 25 units.
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d~ Drilling machines; monthly production quota: 2 units.
e~ Concrete mixing machined with 250-300 liter content; monthly production quota:
3 units.
7. The reason for nonfulfillment of the production quota can be found in the nnor
quality and the late delivery of the raw materials. Approximately 20 percent
of the production ordered for the USSR is not accepted by the Soviet Control
Commission because of bad: workmanship. About 50 percent of the production goes
to the USSR and the remaining 50 percent, which, however, to a large extent
consists of goods rejected by the USSR, romaine on the domestic market. The
dispatch of goods to the USSR is handled via the Kobanya freight station.
g. The factory is supplied with steel and iron by the Pestlorinc Rolling Mill;
coal is supplied from the Tatabe,nya dfstrict, and electric power by'the B~nhida
power plant.
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9. The factory is guarded by a l2 :man guard detail of the black-itin3.formed industrial
.police. The detail is under the command. of an AVH lieutenant. There is a 21~-hour
guard detail consisting of two. men armed with rifles station~^~ ~+ try m4in
entrance fa.cing.Gyomrdi ut; at night them is also a roving t~ao-man patrol
within the factory area. The workers of the factory, office employees, and the
technical personnel must have passes with pictures; strangers must have
.permission from the AVH lieutenant for entering the factory... The factory area,
approximately 300 x 220 m~is surrounded by a wooden fence.
Legend to the enclosed sketch of the Maszolaj Machine factory:
1. Assembling plant for machine tools and concrete mixing machines; area approximately
120 x 65 m.
2. Assembling plant for truck trailers and trailers to be used as living quarters;
approximately 80 x /+0 m.
3. Workshop 'tall with several processing departments; approximately 100 x 50 m.
/~. Raw material depot; approximately b0 x 40 m.
5. Canteen (first floor), Party secretariat (second floor); approximately 20 x 10 m.
6. Administration buildings, three stories.
7. Assembling plant for mine locomotives and mina cars; approximately 120 x SO m.
8. Lavatories and dressing rooms for the personnel.
~9. Scrap-metal depot.
10. Entrance with gatekeeper?s house.
Annex: Sketch m map of the Maszolaj Machine Factory Budapest (1 page)
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ARrT7EX: Nlaszolaj 1fc~,crllYl@ Factory, Budapest
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