1. CYOER ENGINEER TRAINING BATTALION IN THE MARTELY-SZIGET ENGINEER TRAINING CAMP. 2. HUNGARIAN TROOPS IN HEVIZ AND KISKUNFELEGYHAZA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R014400200002-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 28, 2003
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: September 18, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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-_ ~.. ENCLOSURES (NO. & 1YPE)
DATE PREPARED I8
Septr.ber 1952
er .nCl.reer `_'rs i,ning Pattalion in the artelet f np;ineer Training Camp,
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to Tiny 1951
300 persons from the area of Sopron
i' /x 63) an Cyoer (P 44), were dra ted and sent to the ir.akoczi 13-arrack:
in Gyoer by the draft board in Gyoer. On the same dnr, the draftees were seat
by rail to the engineer training carp in 1"'artely-saziget via "artely (Y 7/0
2. The _"artely- ,zi;et engineer training ca;-in was about 2.5 !a-. west of ::artely an
ari inland in the Tiaze, i.iier? The can-..p consisted of a few one--story wooden
buildings, brick buildings, 12-.can tents and several 30-nnan tents and I10-ran
tents. A ca;: r detail and the engineer training, battalions stationed in Cyoer
Toka (1: 10/K 37), Csongrad (Y 07/0 22), Baia (Y 6/s 23) and Szoged (Y 7/i 17)
ere located in the carp curing the period from July to 3eptenber 19510 Fused
Qn the size of the cuartarina q ea occupied , the engineer training battalion
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about 23 years old; Lieutenant Szabo (fnu);,?pvlitical officer, about 30 years
old; Senior iisutenant Istvan grbanitzky, 4 tending officer of the 1st
company, about 35 years old; and Lieutenant _'alazs Srejner., platoon leader
of the 1st Cofpanyo
CUVSSIFICAT ON >;;C'..sT
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engineer raining battalions in the camp. The personnel of the engineer
training battalions quartered in the carp wore dark green service color and
the officers and ':COs vrore insignia consisting of anchor, spade and -)icke +*
The. Cyoer engineer trainin battalion, tftaddress of, which was, uonvedseg
1.'artely-5ziget consisted 6f the battalion headquarters and
three corpa.nie p.a Dons with 3,groups each. The strength of a company
was about 12C soldiers?
k Officers included: :aptain Lasalo T
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oat'7?f 't"(:,' so1L.;ters were cqu?"I`ed i.th rif7les, but only a st':ai.1 nut^ber had
~xtt and the of`icers arc: '.CCs had pistols. ..-ac}i Co: ray had
tree l :lrIt ,ur s r: ttl! m:- ties.11 txhC:if: 1':f3ii''0 :5 :'thie 1 ETC rc'
of cc^:ne iru7'. :;ov_iot 1:F:t.r stock r.. i.oxes of f , t' and ):'.-,cc
Cpl e:;" loslve3 ,.erc avai.].ai:1(:.'0 1LntipcI?soxinel mines and antitank nines
hnc ~t(w e?a There runs a total of 2 pontoons, nr,out 1,) Loats and
3C Toter .. -;Lc1es, nostl~ 3-ton trucks, as ?.rell as a nir i.?er of ruti:er
su its with hoses ;-::.all
i?k f'ter l ez-:!s of i.as c trainin'-, he tr ?'i.n'i:?,-; ^ctivi ' ccnc(r:t1''ted alternatel;)
or }io construction of r--,,ads, bri&-eo, Ot-stacles and tIex':chhc:aj,on. nine
l ate; int- and r0+~3 k'?.4 v ra 1 soldiers receives 4ri .riin in irif lati r:i` r:1 - cr suit's.,
TI)eso tiers r-mrn ov.-r the orc:i.nar'.` clot linC, it possil I( io" the soldiers
to silently cross larr,e bodies of ;..; ter fuil.;' (re;sec Far':':od, suspended in
th'?f. a ?r i sr un to their .- t::iners c~rr}e1 i s ;?Trc >~lar~3 ~c(:
~, ~ .'.~ uc ^~r .is.t. ~,r ~ , I.i_ u m_.r:c: ~ -II-,o-at 1 noter
apart, :a-:d the alit tank{ r e "ere I: i'oters e'nart. .'_nos :"ere c e.rr'ed by
':'".,:'r$ Of tor. iron rrs --t.1.. rhic:) th 'rou.nC :ms calrt_1oUsl scnrehed,: -:nl y
tc ~ox'(~: i r,a1 Lx ^ . l i n : as ri.vw`n jr, ? an?' of the as
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;i astir?^ oorrtr: '-*;'oer r:ent : ack to oc r by rail,
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r- had boon i.ndu.ctoG or three rox s Jroinin,?, were c?.iscizar i f' it the ii.nkoCczi
'c:';>nlc.iera of the 192'r are l92;: class on rc-;i.lar service, ::ho ca-.c
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