CITY OF PECS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A006700800005-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 21, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 3, 2008
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: May 17, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
or revelation efense of the Uni
which to any maA ere to an un uthorized person iss prohibited by law.
18, This
U.SCe Secsc 793 and Information 794, the tranemission the
Hungary
City of PACs
DATE OF INFO.
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DATE ACQUIRED
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17 May 1955
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This is UNEVALUATED Information
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1. The population of Pies was increased to 120,000 by the incorporation of
some surrounding villages and outlying miners' housing settlements. The
The number of administrative wards was increased from six to nine or
ten.
2. The names of certain important streets have been changed as follows:
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Makar Utca
Inoedi Utica
Malom Utca
Zsolnai Utca
Maria Utct
Feleovvmhaz Utca
Kiirlly Utca
Mor Utca
Grundler Utica
Irgalmasok Utc Ja
Sikhs Utica
Ferenciek Utoaja
Klimo Utica
Szigeti 0rszigut (first section)
Majorosi Imre Utca
New Name
Molotov Utica
Voroshilov Utica
Kossuth U.oa
Zetkin are, Utica
Rudas Llsz16 Utica
Bem Utoa
Bajcey-Zeillinesky Utica
Sallai Utica
Landler Utica
Doktor S4.ndor Utca
Alkotminy Utica
Sztalin,Ut.
Ddzsa Sandor Utca
Beloianiez Utica
Ibaruri Dolores Utoa
Pecs is a county (megye) seat. The county council (regyei tinics)
is located on Szichenyi Tbr,,along wi~h the county Party headquarters
and the municipal council (yarosi tanace). The municipal Party head-
quarters is located at 68 Etakoczi Ut. A large building of many stories
being built for Party offices
and ntheoc J;zsef Attila
Utca. The building is
may have already moved to the new location.
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Each city ward has its own Party office, which is used for meetings and lectures,
but no Party functionaries are permanently employed by the wards. Office hours are
held on Sunday morning only.
The Party secretariat holds political courses each year: two general courses for
beginners of two weeks'and two months' duration and an advanced course of four
months' duration. All courses have a weekly 2-hour lecture in the evenings.
6. Police headquarters is located near the Kulv.rosi PAlyaudvar railroad station.
Branch stations are located at the main rai)roggd station, on Percel Utca,
Pecsbanyatelep, SzabolcabAnyatelep, P6cs Gydrv&ros , 27 Firszt Sindor Ut,
Siklbsi Ut, and Szigeti Orszgut. There are a few patrols of two policemen in
the city; identity checks are not made except in cases of disorderly conduct or
strangers whose actions arouse suspicion.
7. Pecs has two railraod stations, the Kbzponti PPlyaudvar and the Kilvvrosi P.lyaudvar,
both for passenger and freight traffic. There are four passenger trains daily
to Budapest, two express trains leaving at 4:20 a.m. and 5 p.m. respectively and two
locals leaving at 1 p.m. and 10 p.m. respectively. Tickets may be bought at the
stations prior to departure time or at the Ibues agency in the municipal council
building without producing identification. There are no identity checks on the
station platforms or in the trains between Pboe and Budapest; however, identity
documents and frontier-eons permits are checked aboard he trains to VillAny and
Mohacs.
8. The interurban bus station is located on Koseuth T6r (formerly Majlath Ter).
9. The main post office, located on Desk Utca, is open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. The
nine branch offices in Pica and one in Picessabolos are open from 8 a.m. to
noon and from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., except the branch at the railroad station
which is open to 9 p.m. Cables and registered letters may be sent up to midnight
at the main post office. Identity papers are not needed to send cables,
registered letters; money orders, or to make interurban telephone calls from the
post offices. A telephone call to Budapest may require several hours in the
morning rush hours, but it is usually put through fairly quickly in the evening.
10. All troops stationed in Pace are Hungarian, and military areas are located as
follows:
a. Infantry barracks on Ceend Utca and Doses Gy!'rgy Ut.
b. Antiaircraft barracks opposite the cemetery
c. Former AYH buildings, approximately oix kilometers from Pica on the road
to Pecevarad.
d. Military offices for recruiting and call-up of reserves in the former
Chamber of Industry building.
`"he following hospitals and clinics are located in PAce:
a. Neurological and psychiatric clinic on Rbt Utoa
b. Surgical clinic behind the main post office
bar, rose, and throat clinic on Munkkosi MihLly Utoa
d. Lar e hospital for internal diseases, eye diseases, and tuberculosis on
ikoczi Ut.
Clinic for internal diseases and surgery on'Bem Utoa
.1Mary hospital at the and of 3ikl6si Ut.
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g. Dental clinic on Salai Utca
h. Hospital with all departments on PAcs Binyatelep
12. The following are the most important industrial enterprises in Pecs:
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a. Sopiana foundry and machine factory on the corner of Dozsa Gyorgy?and Regos
Ut ca
b. Zsolnai chinaware factory at the and of Beloianniez Utca.
c. Szeraru agricultural implements factory on Malom Utca.
d. Cigarette factory near the Kulvarosi Palyaudvar railroad station.
e. Glove factory on Ferenc Utca.
f. Brewery on Alkotmny Utca.
13. Prospecting for natural gas in KtvIgoszollos, near Plcs, is under Soviet super-
visions. The Soviet managers and engineers live in a building at the corner of
Desk Utca and RAkoczi Ut.
1.4. The following personalities in Pecs are known:
a. Gyorko (fnu), a former miner, is chairman of the municipal council.
b. Mrs. Hamberger (fnu), head of the culture and nronaranda derArtment in thA
municipal Party secretariat
c. Varga (fnu), was relieved of his post as chairman of the county council in
the summer of 1954. NZ
of tungsten and uranium ore.
Comment: Unconfirmed reports indicate that geological explorations
around t v g sz 118e (4604N 1807B) recently resulted in the discovery of deposits
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