AIRFIELD AT FERIHEGY-VECSES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP83-00415R014000070003-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 14, 2001
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: February 9, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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AIRFIELD AT FERIHEGY-VECSFS ( 4 PD; German; date of informationt
25X1A distribution date: 26 San 53;
This document consists of a two-page typewritten report and legend, based GQ
information from unofficial sources, on the airfield at Ferihegy-Veeses, Hungary,
and two annotated sketches of the airfield. The airfield is located at the southwest
edge of Budapest...
The airfield consists of two parts- an airfield for sports planes, and the
commercial airfield for the official Soviet-Hungarian SMaszovlet" Airlines. All
of the official Hungarian airlines go through this field, A number of old. American
aircraft of the C-I7 type, now designated as LJ-2s, were observed on the field, The
planes of the Maszovlet Airlines are piloted exclusively by Soviet pilots,
Planes belonging to ONRE (National Hungarian Aviation Association) were observed
on the field on which the sports planes were parked,
The weather station for the commercial airfield is loacted in Budapest. The
radio and telephone communications centers are located in the main building which
is designated as No. 4 in sketch 2, Gasoline trucks supply the airfield with fuel
for the planes. Water and electric power are supplied byt the city of Budapest.
The airfield is guarded by members of the Hungarian AVH (State Security Authority).
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ARTILL1RY AMMUNITION DEPOT NEAR DEVECSER (3 pp; German; date of information
This document consists of a two-p e typewritten report and legend., based on inf or-
mation from unofficial sources., on an a`gtill.ery ammunition depot located near Dev .ser,
and a sketch showing the location of the depot and its component installations.
The 28 buildings comprising the depot are made of stone, Between five and fifteen
carloads of ammunition are shipped to and from the depot in the course of a month, The
ammunition., which bears Russian markings, is unloaded at the railroad freight station
at Devecser and is hauled to the depot by motor trucks.
The depot is guarded by a unit designated as the Devecser Artillery Guard Battalion,
consisting df 12 officers and 21.0 enlisted men. It is reported that a large percentage
of the men have already serv&d their required terms of military service, and are dis-
gruntled because they have not yet been discharged. The majotity of the enlisted men
cone from the area east of the Danube. and received their infantry training in Marcali.
The names of eight of the officers of the
guard battaliof are given, together with very brief personal histories. Details are
given on the tours of duty of the guards., and on their weapons.
[Foreign language document or microfilm of it (A 14056) is available from CIA
Library., Ext. 3505 7.
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