HUNGARIAN PRODUCTION FOR THE SOVIET UNION

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R004300130005-9
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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 24, 2006
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: February 11, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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1. The Er'ar; works and the Hoffhei'r-S'chrants plant are alloyed to be' r anufacturitl?
a Modernized verpion of the Russian T-34 tank. The tanks are being stored in
Rungar3r fora ntunl Russian use. Both factories previously produced tractors
and agricultural machinery.
2. The L .r ipart ?forks in Budapest are ri anufacturing land nines for the `'Quiet Armor,,
The r zohine factory at Didn Gydr 3s producing machine tools (principally lathes,
milling nachines, and prosres) for the UraR. Polar st'ov?le (Bodenvorbesser a-
nrisc&,i non) capable of rovi.nq, four tons of earth at one bite are also being nanu -
factured hero for the Russians.
4. The 'CA nz mhip.-arch have received a subvention of 2,000,000 forints for plant,
expansion upon the request of the Soviet Government, The yards are hard at work
turning out vessels for the reparations account.
5. The "olff'ner leather works are producing nilitary shoes and boots, for the,-. Soviet.
6.. The 1avag factory in Budapest is building a sand casting installation for on
foundry t ork at a cost of 19000,000 forints. The trorIc is being done upon flus-
sian orders.
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"l. The net?r "ionens foundry, which t?= constructed upon orders received from the
Ufi>^Ry was completed in July 1949.
The turbine t,,rorks of the L ant! machine factory are beir ; shier, ed at an expense
of ,6O0,0oo forints. In addition to filling Russian reparations orders, the
works trill r nufacture turbines for six new power n]nnts. '.Y1thin the next fir
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Russian control. !Sour headed 17 Colonel Petrovich and three other novietooffi-
cers. Of the 4,100 workers errhloyod at the r rant, 9" percent have,, ardor cota-
pulnion, joined the Thin? Irian born mist Party. Standard is currently producing
the following, i.terjs s
9. 'the '"tardard telephone and radio works are under the strict sit rvi
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Telephone suitchboarde (Tolef(in-?Automton~ or tee ien , System! 1 Jeeteri. Sund) :
.M-20 units of the largo rodols per raontth; 90-100 of the smaller modals.
Production is exclusively for he Soviet Union.
b. Field radio transmitters - 800 Type R3 field radio sets have been produced
for the Bulgarian A. y. In addition, 15-20 Fug -10 tranenittern are to be
delivered every month to the '7ov-'at Union until a total of 100 here been
produced. The manufacture of the Fuge-?10 sets wie node possible ter the
confiscation Uy Hungarian customs officials of 25,000 radio tut*,,,"
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seized on Russian orders. Each ape-10 pot employs 19 tubes.
c. Telephone set:,: 1,700 to 2,000 ordinary telephone sets are manu ctured
every month for delivery to t ho US:-R.
d. Radar acr,?iprnont: The Standard installation at Ujrost is conducting experi-
ments with radar equipment.
10.- The Danz-via factory is being converted for thu production of weapons and machine
tools.
11.E The Gira & Becsei factory at Pestesenterzs4bet is being expanded to fill 1 .ego
Russian orders for industrial clock n (Indtietrie-! ontrolluhren) and alarm clocks.
Ten thousand units must be manufactured by the end of 1949. A monthly prcduo-
tion figure of 250 industrial control ' clocb;a (Block-Kontrolluhron) is being
ai' od ate
12, The Hulanaria chemical factory in Budapest hai been oquipped with a now in-
stallation for the processing of fluorine. Sri acts of sabotage were recently
committed at the factory which caul d production 0 fall off appreciably.
13. The following; types of railr?44d cars are being rrenufuctured in Itm ga:7 for the
US'-R.
a. 'q'uo types of light freight cars ''4th aluminum roofs. These care are said
to be more stable and railworthy than previous types.
b. Refrigerator cars emrloying dry ice as a cooling anent. A prototype has
already been constructed.
c. Lifsht four -axled pasre r cars for 130 p ,ssengore,' with steam and electric
heating, rubberized flooring, and leather-upholstered seats.
d. Three-exied passenger care for curving stretches..
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