WEST GERMAN VISITORS IN HUNGARY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00046R000500280005-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 25, 2002
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: October 6, 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 Espionage Laws, Title
18, U.S.C. Secs. 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which In any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law.
COUNTRY Hungary/West Germany
SUBJECT West German Visitors in Hungary
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In Feburary 1955, source heard the second or third-ranking official of
the Hungarian Embassy in East Berlin remark that his Embassy was very
busy issuing visas to West Germans who wished to visit Hungary. Further,,
that in the Embassy's haste, many ethnic Germans and former residents of
Hungary who should have been turned down had been able to obtain a
visa. The official then remarked that more oars would be taken in the
future to ensure that visas were given only to persons who had no past
connection with Hungary.
It was source's impression that the Hungarian Government's pressing need
for foreign exchange was the primary reason for allowing tourists to
visit Hungary and that the desire to propagandize the visitors was only
of secondary importance.
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