ORGANIZATION OF CIVIL DEFENSE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A007400300001-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 28, 2008
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: July 22, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This material contains information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the 19splonage Laws, Title
18, U.S.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthoriasd person is prohibited by law.
COUNTRY Hungary
DATE OF INFO.
PLACE ACQUIRED
DATE ACQUIRED
Organisation of Civil Defense
REQUIREMENT NO. RD
REFERENCES
DATE DISTR. 22 July 1955
NO. OF PAGES R.
SOURCE EVALUATIONS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
1. The Hungarian National Civil.Defense System (Magyar Orssagos Iigoltalmi
aserveset) comes under the authority of the hi +-Defeare Ooe and (L-gerdelni
3sparanesaoksad)a which 4ssties orders in pease-4ime to the oivil-dsfowe
system through the appropriate ministries, aside from a limited member of
orders from other ministries, most of the orders are issued by the *taistrt
of the Interioro
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2. The implementation of oiv#.l-defense ssuures is the responsibility of the local
oouncila, which appoint special officials for that purpose. 1h11-41me local
civil-defease leaders are members of the peniianeat staff of an orgsmisation
called the Civil-Defemse Police (Ligoitalai Hesars4g). The oivirdefease
police wear unifoarms with bright `seen shoulder boards and Dollar tabs. Tech-
nical detachments also wear a breach insigne (an anchor surmounted by a
crossed axle and 'mattock).
3e The fasations of the civil-defense police are fairly broad and ineludst as all
administrative work related to civil-defssse operations] be supply procurement
and hand" ingg oe registration and training of persomeli do superAiom of the
exeo*tion of published civil-defense orders.
4. Due to its numerous duties, the civil-4efease police 0a work has been ineffeoti e
and is actually restricted to recraiimemt and training. Without the help of the
local Party orgaaisations, the civil-,defemse program would be ooWletoly mla.
sma/9essn in the face of public indifference. The Party organisations are forced
to order men and women to attend the training oaarsesa althoso the loner spsct-
fi+oally states that,all such work is voluntary. By the end of a eearseit only half
of the registered students remain. The training fares better in the larger tae-
torids and enterprises, where more pressure may be exerted on the individual
workirs
5+ It is believed that the railroad personnel and the railroad cosmatnia*tier system
are part of the civil-defense reporting and warning n ' ork.
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