HUNGARIAN AND SOVIET TROOPS

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005600080005-1
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• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 25, 2006
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: August 16, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY Hungary
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to At Szgkesfeh6rvar, near the edge of the city along the main highway (from
Budapest?), there are two barracks occupied by Russian infantry. Two other
barracks of recent construction are located on the secondary road leading
to the village of Zdmoly (Z 01), and also near the edge of the city. These
barracks contain infantry units and two parks for tanks. It is estimated
that there are 200 T-.34 tanks and 140 JS tanks there. There are also three
heavy artillery units, fuel stores, and other depots of Soviet Array materiel.
The city is a Soviet military zone, and there are no Hungarian units in the
area. A Russian airport is located eight kilometers north of Szakesfehervar.
2, At Szombathely there are no Soviet or Hungarian troops, There is one Hungarian
police unit charged with guarding the Austro-Hungarian frontier,
3. At Pecs there are no Soviet units. Two barracks are occunied by Hungarian
infantry, In the city and surburbs two barracks are under construction for
the Soviet Army?
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4, At Szeged there are no Soviet units. One infantry division is camped in the
neighborhood, with an artillery group, a tank park, and other war materiel,
5. At Baja there is a T-34 tank k, three Soviet infantry regiments, the lot
Hungarian Division (8,000 men two Hungarian parachute regiments, and two
fuel depots.
6, At Zalabaksa (E 99) there are no troops. However, in the neighborhood there
is a concentration of Russian and Hung rian troops, a tank park, and a para-
chute training field.
7. At Nagykanizsa there are concentrations of Soviet and Hungarian troops, as
well as fuel depots, 200 JS tanks, heavy artillery of Czech origin, two self-
propelled AA batteries, and the let and 2nd Hungarian Parachute regiments (sic),
At Mohacs there is one Soviet armored division, the "First Internutional
Brigade", three Hungarian infantry regiments, about 120 tanks, and a Soviet
flame-thrower park which has recently been transferred to IAohecs. No new
road or railroad construction is going on; but a road in the vicinity which
was considerably damaed during the var is in course of repair and enlargement.
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9. At B6kescsaba there is a tank depot with 70 JS tanks; also a large fuel
depot at the northern entrance to the city.
mm~xts Russian and Hungarian troops are never concentrated in cities,
nor n places visible to the population. The Soviet troops in Hungary are
stationed, for the most part, in the Szskesfehervfr military zone, in the
woods around Papa, in the vicinity of haloosa (N 31), in the "puszta" plains
of Debrecen, in Komarom and Gyer, and in areas which on Soviet orders are
inaccessible to public transit of any sort. Vigilance of the political
and military police has been increased, to conceal a large concentration of
units by the Soviet forces, with the support of the armies of the satellite
countries, with which U Twould be able to. surprise the West by,action anywhere.
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