(SANITIZED)AAA DIVISION AND OFFICERS CANDIDATE SCHOOL AT MATYAS KASERNE/TELETYPE NETWORK(SANITIZED)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T00246A000700800001-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 17, 2008
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: April 30, 1957
• Content Type: REPORT

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This material contains information affecting the
INFORMATION REPORT
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COUNTRY
Hungary
SUBJECT
DATE DISTRIBUTED
30 Apr 57
AAA Division and Officers' Candidate
Candidate
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2. The he frrnws?ters personnel consisted of approximately 250 enlisted men and
NCO 1 s, and about 50 commissioned officers. The co>mianding office vas
Lieutenant Colonel Thu
3. The AAA division was composed of four regiments, three of them stationed in
Dunafold, Vac, Ercs and a fourth in a location unknown to me. Every regiment
had five batteries, but I am not able to furnish detailed information on
the organizational breakdowm of these batteries.
4. At the Matyas 1{aserne, there was only one teletype machine of foreign make.
It was used by three operators in three shifts to maintain communications
with the headquarters of the various military installations throughout
Hungary. lost of our contacts were made with Dunafold AAA regimental head-
quarters through a direct circuit. Comlminications with other stations could
only be established by requesting the proper circuit from the Ministry of
Defense.
5. Messages sent by teletype consisted of clear routine military operational
or administrative orders, or coded messages of a classified nature. In
addition, two H#20 type radio sets were also used to maintain communications
with the various units.
6. There as an officers candidate school in the 1,4ty" Kaserne, vhere approx-
imately 100 to 120 officers were train-' yearly. Courses taught consisted
of radar, radio commimicatinna anti aircraft tacticsj. AA guns, etc.
Classes usually startin February and ended in May of each year.
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