HUNGARIAN POLICE

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CIA-RDP82-00046R000500410026-3
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RIPPUB
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C
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3
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December 27, 2016
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June 7, 2013
Sequence Number: 
26
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Publication Date: 
December 20, 1955
Content Type: 
REPORT
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Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release @ 50-Yr 2013/06/07 :CIA-RDP82-000468000500410026-3 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY Th1s 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 transm3sslon or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is prohibited by law. ATE OF INFO. ~1CE ACQUIRED TE ACQUIRED Hungry Hung~ri~n Po13ee REPORT NO. DATE DISTR. ?C ~erembe.r 195 NO. OF PAGES REQUIREMENT NO. REFERENCES RD f~3i~X r ARMY Declassified in Part -Sanitized Copy Approved for Release @ 50-Yr 2013/06/07 :CIA-RDP82-000468000500410026-3 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release @ 50-Yr 2013/06/07: CIA-RDP82-000468000500410026-3 J V/~ I 1 OUNTRY Hungary DATE DISTR. 25 Nov.. ig5'S UB7ECT Hungarian Police NA. OF PAGES 2 ATE OF INFORMATION I I REFERENCES. LACE ACQUIRED .Lost EM in the Hungarian police force came from the rural areas. Police authorities preferred to recruit peasant youth for these fobs because they were less spoiled than urban youth. Recruiting cam- paigns were usually successful because (1) rural youth wanted to escape the miserable conditions of collective farm 11fe to enjoy the many advantages of city life and (2)'beeause the government pro- mised good pay, food, and clothing as well a+~ leas physical work than that required of youth on the farms,.:. The Communists preferred to recruit officer members of the police force from the real proletariat, i.e., urban industrial workers, and only required them to be completely devoted to the regime and to keep strict control over the policemen who were of peasant ori- gin; the regime did not trust those of peasant origin and was realistic enough to believe that they would always resist Commu- nism. However, even the trusted palice officers, of proletariat origin, occasionally showed sympathy toward the populace instead of the regime. 50X1 50X1 CONFIDENTIAL Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release @ 50-Yr 2013/06/07: CIA-RDP82-000468000500410026-3 50X1 Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release @ 50-Yr 2013/06/07: CIA-RDP82-000468000500410026-3 CONFIDENTIAL -2 -- ~. Generally, physical and mental strain as well as continual fear of their superiors made individual policemen impatient and tired. The nervous tension made them irritated and, as a result, the police sometimes mistreated the population ~. The traffio police in Budapest were both male and female Source claims that the male oli p ce were generally polite, quiet, and in- dulgent but that the female police were common, loud, and impudent. ~. The public security in Budapest was very ineffective. At a public school on Kt3bt3lkuti utca, the school children were frequently robbed of their coats and watches on their way home from school. The children's parents requested police assistance but were unsuccess- ful in obtaining,it; therefore, it became necessary for the children's parents to take turns in escorting the children to their homes from school, especially Burin the i t Alle edl the g w ra er months when the days were short. illuminated areasloP Budapest afterddarkPatrol desolate and poorly- 50X1 CONFIDENTIAL Declassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release @ 50-Yr 2013/06/07: CIA-RDP82-000468000500410026-3