1. HUNGARIAN TROOPS IN CEGLED, SZOLNOK, GYULA AND BUDAPEST 2. INDUCTIONS IN VESZPREM AND HEREND

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008900330012-9
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• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 23, 2000
• Sequence Number: 12
• Publication Date: September 24, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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Szolnolc, Gyula and Budapest
2 x1)ndtxctions in Veszprera aria Haul-
PREPARED 214 Soptenber l9'51
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1, in. late July 1951, the building of the former national Ban.'.
located at the intersection of RRakoczi and Gubocly Streets
in Cegied (Q 43/0 08) sits equipped with a white signboard
bearing the inscription "Cogled 11ecruiting Office. Trio sentry
stood guard at the entrance to the buildi.rago & senior lieutenant
.and lie t to a.rt wearing ;reen ser~~ic;e color and crossed-rifle
insignia were soon enteraln.g the b:iI_'.ain,. BY quest on3nry
civilians, source ascertained t1 at no r^ore 111in;aarian A_r . itary
m its or agencies were located in Coaled.
2? A building site, about 1 660 x 1,100 meters was observed
about 2 km southeast? of he city on. the 'south sido of the
road to Toertel. (Q 43/0 l7) o It included three buildings
of different sizes whose brick walls extended as high as
the first floor, and watchtowers, 6 meters hi -h and occupied
by sentries wearing blue uniforms. Building Industry Trust
11o 42 which employed convicts s was in charge of the building
operations. Accord-*nP, to local residents, z Tlungarian barracks
i.nstal."lation%, possibly connected with an :air baser,, was being
r instructed V'ere.
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Billets, referred to as the .rtillery Barracks by residents,
were located east of the city 0.1, Szoinok (Q 43/0 37) ? about
300 meters northeast of the Alc :i rn.ilro-rid' stop. The nstallation
sees-led to be now, with one building still under construction
and the windows of other bui? dings still sprayed with limo
It included five three-story billets and one tc.o--story barracks
building, five single-story storehouses or garaWes with flat
roofs two small since-star buildings, and one cottage with
a reed roof. .is watchtower, a meters .high and supported by a
ct;ncrete base was attached to one of the storehouses. fi
llU T: aritaf sentry wearing green service color and carrying a
sub: acti ine ;tan with dru! magazine stood .;card at the entrance
in late July l` 51, Only l troops, six of :?hom erore busy filling
straw cmattresses, were co to *?n the installation, 'Phich Vas
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source learner f'ror a ;IunZ-~rlan civilian travelint, to Gyula
,.=I 16/P 01) in into July 1951 that only .a. border -,uar;, unit
as 1oc 'ed in the city, ,rith the headquarters near the
i jai F road station . nd the enlisted personnel quartered in
the castle, Lin ?;t July a sentry wearing ;green service
Color and armed ti?:ith a pistol was observed in front of the
property at 65 Sztalln street, on the north ::.i.do of the
Al strewhich load: frua+ the railrc;id station to the center
of the city. According to the civilian, the siren-th ~z the unit
as fairly low, : cost of its troops being a11e redly r18ved to
the YuC;oslav border in early 19 j1. a
.hiie travelirr, fror .3u~1arre;st to the ilustr.+ian border on 30 Ju':.y
19 s., a f'ellota tourist to1: source that his son, who ha= been
r1ed to a Veszpr~em (P z-/u .) tnfnritry Unit in 1950, was
transferred to Budapest, together wit , his unit_ in t..?.e spl=in7
1 ' ' 951. His son's new address re:dd "Bu.dxapest y lo' ved seg,
postal riunbor 1449".
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6. ~1Lie ous yours'; civilian:, 40 of whoL of out in Veszp:::em and
;7v to (")0 in Ilc r'enci (P 43/D 53), were also on the train rent toned
above. They 1;ere Jelcomod by soldiers rea.t?inC zreen service
color. Both railroad stations were decorated; on the Veszprem
platform .7as i stroarter with the inscrition " e are clad to
see our Inducted cor":rades" From their 'conversation source
that t1,1-:) civilians helon't; ed to the 1926 tnrcir
"'I- id 1931 classes. They also said that civilians, especially
:';o;:,'1i` is of senior classes, ;ac;~da being inducted throuwA nnu.t the
country; nest of them y'rere rese.:?vists to ':+e retra'inec' in the
opinion of one of the felloc tourists. A 15--car train scheduled
to r1epart tov::/ard Celldoernoell} (P 48/D 19) , i',hich was occupied
to capacity by inductees wear:.n civil i ark clod es, was observed
at the k arako Szoeresoe? (F 43/j) 23) r:-;ilr,)ad station. *T*
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~`te .1 e is occupied exclusively by Sov-et troops.
h_e grtllery Barracks near the ~zo1no!:-itl esi
r ~ ?_roa~1 _tXWLn was in existence as early as ;:ay 1950, at :Y filch
4 It 'is believed r iiix L the
sip r?ce "i3c}iieve it to ",,,Ye nev. The ;roan erauie s indicate
.ni: ntryrien. The l j-.tan ddetach:1ent was either the rear ;roue
2eX1X1 tMit absent; or maneuvers or an advanco :;roup preparing
i..l.iets f,,::r n w rat to arrive thc,-re.
vd~; rye ihsntrainin-. of resertrists means that the ren are
tra.t.nod, v it.h the nev: Soviot weapons ?i o credible rerox is
on a general induct:1..on of the 1931 class have as yet bona received,
It Is believed that only voltintc ern of this, class have joined
the Hun- 4.
army until no-
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