HUNGARIAN PRODUCTION FOR THE SOVIET UNION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00415R007600050004-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 24, 2012
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: February 11, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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l.. The Snar9 works and the Hof -rr-Sehrantz plant are allo!ed to to nanufactu4 iag
a modernized version of the Russian T-34 tank. The tanks are being stored in
Hungary for eventual Russian une. Both factories previously produced tractors
and agricultural machinery.
2. The La part ~c:or?ks in Budapest are :;zanufacturinrr laar1 nines for the Soviet Ax y.
3. The richine factory at Dids dr is producing inchine tools (principaur lathes,
millin ! ach';.nes, and prosses) for the USSR, Pot :r sr"ovals (Bodenverbeoserungs.
r scl'i.nen) capable of ^ovir r four tons of earth at one 'site are also being; ^arau--
?actured hero for the flu inns,
4. The 'G'rim shipyards have received a subvention of 2,0?0,000 forints for plant
expansion upon the request of the 3oviot Goverment, The yards are hare at word:
:urninn out vessels for the reparations account.
5. The 1 Tolffner leather works are producing ni.litary shops and boots for the soviet
Ar^!y.
6. The I??av*ag factory in Budapest is bui1din' v a sand casting installation for iron
foundry a rk at a cost of 1,000,000 forints. The *.aork is being; clone upon Pus-
sian orders.
7. The near Siemens foundry, which ',us constructed upon orders received from the
tiS`TR was cos plated in July 1949.
" The turbine tiorks of the Lan 7 machine factory are being enlarged at an acreage
of 8,600,000 forints. In addition to filling; Russian reparations orders the
i..rorks will r ritif'ae t urge turbines for six now power slants. S'Iithin the nest fear
years Tlungary' rotor capacity is to ha increased from 2.2 billion K T to 4.2
billion U.
9. The Stardard telerhhone and radio works are under the strict si)p3rvision or" a
Russian control 1rrour headed 'xy Colonel Petrovich and three other Sol-let 3f'f`d-cers,> Of the 4,100 workers ennloryed at the rant, 9 noreent have., Under coT --
y ul ion;, joinod the *Tun?arian Corr~runjs' Pnr?t?,y. Standard is currently pro cueing
the following, itens s
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Telephone switc zboarda (Tolefci. -A.utotW, iw;, r ,rya , synteet f lsoto : ~~: r
1020 units of the large models per r onth? 90-100 of the s aflcr r oci:)loq.
Production is e:xclusivai ' for he Sovio" Union.
b. Field- radio transmitter.; 800 ype R3 fiold radio nets have boe: pr,.v ced
for the Bulgarian A?rr r. In addition, 15-2o Fuga?-I0 transmitters are to be
delivered every month to the `ow: et Union until a total of 100 have bee
produced. The ' tnuf'acture of the Fine-10 sets was made possible izVr the
confiscation by Hungarian custom official n of 25,ooo radio tube.; VMch.
,,rare on their way from the United r'tatco 1;o Rumania. The tubes .vary
seized on Russian orders. Each F-ic!e-10 sot emu toy's 1i tubes
Telephone set!-: 1,700 to 2,000 ordiffiry telephone sets are Mnu cturad
every north for delivery to t ho
Radar equipment: The Stan and 9nstallation at Uffpoat is conducting e eri-
ments with radar equip nt.
10. The Danzvia factory is being coaxcrortod for them production of c? apons and ma.ch.ine
tools.
11. The Gira & Becsei factory at rstszenterse bet is being ercpandod to f.111 Russian orders for industrial clods (Ind atrie-Kontrolluhron) and alarn locks..
Ton thousand units nuet be manufactured 1 the and of 1949. A month`s, pr?czluc--
tion figure of 250 industrial control clocks (Block-Kontrrolluhron) is3 beirg
ai'-od at.
12. The Huiic; riaa chemical factory in 3udapest has been oquippcd with a mw in-
stallation for the processing of fluorine. Some acts of sabotage c;>ere recently
committed at the factory which caused production to fall oif arprecis i ,.
13. The following types of railsroad cars are being manufactured in Eunga: y for the
US 3.
a. Tun types of light freight cars with aluminum roofs. These cars are aid
to be more stable and rail orthy than previous types.
b,. Refrigerator cars erarloying dry ice as a cooling ajent. A proto&y !]U,-.
already been constructed.
c.. Linht four-?ax.1ed Passenger cars for 80 peasengora, with steam
heating, rubberized flooring, and leather-upholstered :rants.
d. Three-axled passenger earn for curving strotches,,
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