101ST AND 102D MTZ RADIO INTELLIGENCE BNS IN BUDAPEST

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• Publication Date: July 27, 1950
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INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY } Hungary
SUBJECT 101st and 102d Utz Radio Intelligence
Bns in Budapest
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Development of Radio Inte enee {{Radio Int) Units
1 The Radio -onitoring bubsection was roved from
the Zalka ate Barracks to, the Dozsa Gyoerg;
Barracks, Budapest in the Fall of 1947. The
lst Indep Had Int Co was activated in the Fall
of 1948 and renamed 101st ..-tz Had Int ]3n in
the :gum-'er of 1949. From personnel of this
battalion and personnel of the 44litary Counter-
intelligence Depart''ent, the 102d tz Had Int
Dn was activated in Dece?'tbe r 1949 o (1)
101st uotorized Radio Intelli . ence Battalion
2. The 101st _tz Had Tnt Bn (..?agyar 1011, honved
gepkocsizo radiofelderitoe zaszloalj) was
subordinate to the 2d Division of the IV D
partment of the .-inistry of Defense (2)
The unit was
billeted in the 611 section of the Dozsa
Gyoergy Barracks 8 for erly the Albrecht
Barracks, on Dozsa Gyoergy btreet? Budapest,'
3o The battalion was organized into a battalion
headquarters, three training, co'ipanies and a
maintenance oo?1pany0
a. The battalion headquarters was cow
posed of a cc viand elerlent, an ad-
ministration and supply section.,
and a ""otorized transport section, "l
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The co nd. element consisted of: .
-.aj or Emil Detrekoey, battalion cor-
'ander., who is not, a convinced Co'runist;
~(.,.aj or) 1-1 G headquarters con,
nandant;(Cap a n: ltan orka ad ju~.
tant; an ordnance officer 9 ?e office r,
political officer, sergeant -.jor,
ariorer-artificer, clerks and orderlies.
The adrainistra ion and supply section
cons ted of (Captain Albert Szik-
ksza~ chief of section; and Q s .y
r mess sergeant, post engineer
sergeant and about fifteen auxiliary
persoxme19 The 'rotor transport section
consisted o : (Lieutenant) sig-lond
eT' kayarto -o or transport officer;
n -L nance technical sergeant,
ne ohanic s and drivers, The motor trans-
port section had five 1.5-ton weapon
carriers, three 3-tqn Raba trucks, one
Tatra passenger earl I and four
350-cc! MC motorcycles which were Soviet
duplicates of the Gerllan DIU type.
b Three twining oonpanieec The 1st Tng
Co vas cor.-wand ed by~ a tai ire kioe i
tinlitp1 Tlxy~i or T,ieutenara.oe. 9 (fnu ff=
as political officer ' e 2d i , C z?aas
com.^anded by C,.ptai I'"Ire ~ a.he
3rd Tng Co was co'l'".a Mead by Li tenant
Jozsef Ne"^.eth. 'This co npany received
200 to 250 E.- of the 1927 and 1928
classes in Tiece=bear 1949? The cadre
personnel of the co? .pany nuribered 50
officers and NCOs? (3)
--aintenance Co, L eutenan t atvan Sgros
and Lieutenant (fnu ilolitical
officer. The .intenanee G coutalnod
an asse"^bly shop, a n"wechanical shop, a
radio shop, and a carpenter shop The
co''1pany strength was about forty nen?
The .-ainteaance Co was split up on 15
February 1950 a part of it was assigned
to the Rad Int Section of the 2d divi-
sion9 I V.Depart?"ent of the ..bi.nistry of
Defense, and part to the Technical
Section of the sa'"ae 2d Division.
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Special courses of ixi truotion were conducted
by ,aj or Enil Detrekooy7 the battalion CC,
Their purpose was to provide te^hnioa1 signal
training for officer oaadidates of the Signal
Corpse This training had roviously been
conducted at the Kossu th Academy*, The courses
were started on 1 February 1950 and Included
about 30 " n each, A & curse lasted six months.
Upon completion of the course, the trainees
were to be promoted to ranks from sergeant to
junior lieutenant., according to their achieve-
"ients in the course U The instructors were of-
ficers from the battalion and fron the IV
Depart:nt of the of Defense,
-a. recent training progra"r was also conducted
in the battalion, haoruits who were inducted
in early Dece--ber 1949 u.aderwent a sixweek
basic infantry training., followed by technical
signal training, which included worse code,
electrical engineering, technical knowledge of
equip! ent and radio ongi.neering. The train-
ing. was based on the service anual issued
in the Sum"er of 190,
6, The officers and NCOs of the battalion were
armed with 7'062- sovit;t pistols, while the
had 7.62-MM rig lee, nsode1 ? , 4:8, and sub
1achine guns witr_ dru-1 lr^agazines,
1024 --otorized Ra is Intelligence Battalion
7. The 102d -tz '.ad lnt En. was subordinated to
the 2d Di vi sf o'n of the IV She arty ent of th
-inistry of Defense, F_
The unit-Was billeted in the HE
section of the Dozea Gyoergy Barracks,, Budapest,
8,, Pe battalion was organized into a battalion
7.eadcjuarters, a teletype. co pany,' a radio di-
rection finding and on`toring_ company., and
a guard and riot or transport company.
a, The battalion headquarters was corm.,
posed of a com"'and element, adminis-
trative and, supply section and a
"zotor transport section, The coand
ele' gene, consisted of:,aj o Zoltan
Ka i) battalion co'" ander; _-aj car
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(fnu) "D" officer;\\Captain F. :~
`(fnu , ordnance arfiaer; and a Berg nt
major, armorer-artificers clerks and
orderlies. The administration and
supply section was organized as that
of the 101st Rad Int Bn.. The Motor
,transport section was eaded-by Senior
tLieutenan.b Gyula the motor
transport officer. s section had
nineteen weapon carriers, four jeeps,
one Opel Blitz truck, three 3-ton G-C
trucks, six or seven 3-ton Raba trucks,
two Tatra passenger cars and ten 330-cc-1
ZHC 'motorcycles a
b. The 1st Teletype Company consisted of
a oo"mpariy headquarters, a teletype
section, and a ontoring section.
In company headquarters, Lieutenant
Janos Juhari was CO of the company,
Lieutenant -Mihaly Bruder, technical
officer, and runior Lieutenant Andor
Veghelyi, political officer. The
teletype section had 25 to 28 radio
operators, and 7 or 8 tape-readers
and teletypists. The section inter-
cepted open or enciphered messages of
foreign postal radio stations (Post-
funkstationef) ? -The monitoring sec-
tion had eleven mono The section re-
corded the foreign newscasts in
Hungarian and other languages on
sound-tracks,
c4 The 2d Radio Direction Finding and
..?onitoring Co
The company was to monitor,
take radio bearing of, and locate
foreign "military radio stations and
illegal stations on Hungarian terri-
tory,, It was also to evaluate mes-
sages obtained by 'monitoring. The
company consisted of a company head-
quarters, a radio direction finder
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center, radio direction finder groups,
and a monitoring section} In, the co'-
pany headquarters Lieutenant Laszlo
-olnar was CO. Lieutenant -Mihaly Varga,
upty CO and -chief of the radio direction
finder center, Junior Lieutenant Pakozdi,
adjutant, and Lieutenant Jozsef 3zorafin,
political officer. The radio direction
finder center consisted of 6 ? to 8 "ten,
It was located in Budapest and directed
the radio direction finder groupso Seven-r1an
radio direction find-or grows were known
to be located in Sar?ellek p(Y 4/A 49) 21 1
Dunavarsany (Q, 48/11 50) (on the border
of the town) and on top of A. Galya
48/i 26),, The latter group, for.
training purposes, served as call; '. sta-
tion for the 101st 1n0 Technical equip-
'ent for five "lore direction finding
groups was available.. The groups could
not be activated, however, because trained
personnel was lacking0 A new direction
finder group was to be established in
Bekesesaba (i-c 16/0 91) or 6zeged (Y 47/
T 17). The monitoring, section was co"L-
"'-an.ded by Lieutenant Istvan Gyenes, with
runtr Lieutenant Jozsef 'utos as Dpty CO.
The section, with three NCOs and 30 to 40
Zen, '"onitored foreign nilitary radio
stations or illegal stations. It had
several "onitoring substations in various
parts of Hungary. The stations were con-
nected by telephone with the direction
finder center,
The lards and motor transport corpany
consisted of guard personnel.. and drivers0 (4)
An officer annd a civilian were to test the radio
equiprent which the 2d Division of the IV : epart"ent
of the -?inis try of Defense had ear'arke d for use "fig
the troops a
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(1 } , Tze fact that the small Hungarian Ar"'y possesses
two radio intelligence battalions isindicative
of the great i!lportance Hungary
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(2) It is believed that the radio intelligence
units are subordinate to the Inspectorate
of Signal Troops and cooperate closely with
the IV Depart'ent (Counterintelligence) re-
garding the results of radio intelligence.
(3) The organization indicates that the 101st
-tz Rad Int En is a training battalion for
radio operators and- radio officer candidates
of the Hungarian Army, 'The battalion" s de,-
signation is therefore misleading.
(4) The lO2d -Ktz Rad Int fin is purely a radio
intelligence unit, according to its organiza-
tion and Missions. The let Co appears, there-
fore, to have been erroneously designated as
a teletype co'pany4 It is actually engaged
in the autdmatic reception and transcription
of radio `messages, and sound-track reception
of news broadcasts.
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