RECENT HUNGARIAN POLICE, MILITARY ACTIVITIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000700100110-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 24, 2011
• Sequence Number: 110
• Publication Date: January 2, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY Hungary %t^?_,W.G,toA
SUBJECT Military - 0/11, t:ain~g, 8e y :i t^ F
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PUBLISHED Weekly newspapers E !
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DATE
PUBLISHED 8 Sep - 7 Oct 1952
LANGUAGE Hungarian
RECENT HUHGABIAA POLICE MILITARY ACTIVITIES
LARGE HUNGARIAN AdO(JNITION DUMP EXPLODES -- Munich, Nyugati Hirnok, 1 Oct 52
Fire broke out at the Alag airport during the night of 7 - 8 September
1952 and all hangars were burned to the ground. The fire spread to the nearby
woods where antiaircraft batteries were located. As the flame enveloped the
ammunition crates, explosions followed in quick succession, until a powerful
blast occurred midway between Alag and Dunakes?i at 0820 hours.
Estimates as to the number killed vary; it is, however, certain that many
members of the fire department and the ambulance crews died. The sound of the
explosion.. was heard even in Budapest, and windows were shattered in an area of
4-5 kilometers from the fire, including Pestuihely, HakosezentmihnlY,
and Sashalom. Arpa ifold,
The site of the accident was closed off for half a day. Although the press
was not permitted to report the event, the news of the fire and explosion was
k.ovn in the entire country in a few hours.
The above report, broadcast by the Radio; Free Europe, has been confirmed
by other sources. In general, the number of dead is estimated at 80.
GIVES DETAILS OF PURE POLICING -- Innsbruck, Unio Press Service, 8 Sep 52
Airplane tickets from Budapest westward, i.e., to Gyor and Szombathely,
as well as southward to Pecs, are issued only to persons holding passes from
the AVH (Allamvedelml.Hatosag, State Security Authority). The passes are
usually issued only to party members and high-ranking officials.
Instead of one policeman as heretofore, two policemen now escort each
plane, armed with automatic pistols. Two passengers are not permitted to
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leave their places at the same time. The policemen are provided with a seating
radio list of and the the passengers. Suspicious conversations are reported promptly by
suspects are searched thoroughly after landing,
paaseAtetheaae port, e tthe he plane issureoed byre a police guard, and departing
and in boarding ow by Po guard ~ the times in the admitting hall he aircraft.
add ion
o the required to shtan identific~.tion documenttwith atphoto, aph. Passenger is
must also show their travel orders (menetlevel), P P State officials
INTENSIFY BORDER CONTROL -- Munich, Nyugati Rirnok, 1 Oct 52
At Hegyeshalom, as weu as all along Hungary's western border, guard
personnel has been tripled since the beginning of September. The trucks of the
railroad cars traveling weatward are checked three times, because recently,
many people succeeded in escaping by hanging on to the car bodies.
EQUIP STALACTITE CAVE WITH RADIO TRANSMITTER -- Innsbruck, Unio Press Service,
23 Sep 52
The Forras Barlang (well cave) stalactite cave at the confluence of the
Szimva and Garadna brooks near Hamor (Borsod llegye) has been declared "protected
area" by the Orszagos Termeszatvedelmi Tanacs (National Council for the Pro-
tection of National Resources) and has been closed to sightseers.
Forced labor is being employed to equip the cave with electric lights and
a radio transmitter, as well as to build a road for automobile traffic.
It is reported that the forced labor gang consists of 1,100 persons,
working under AVH supervision. The cave was inspected by a mixed AVH-Soviet
,,,..commission in mid-September.
SET UP ARTILLERY DIVISION WEST OF THE DANUBE -- Innsbruck, Unio Press Service,
8?SeP 52
A new artillery division has been set up west of the Danube. Coeponrnts
of the division are located at Papa, Komarom, Mor, and other towns.
EJBJECT WOMEN TO MILITARY TRAINING -- Innsbruck, Unio Press Service, 7 Oct 52
It is a well-known fact in Budapest that 30-40 percent of the members of
women's organizations are given military trainirr. Women taxi drivers, street-
car drivers, and locomotive engineers are among those trained for military
se_vice.
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The women trainees are made to march armed through Budapest to the sub-
urban training grounds, where they must meet the same requirements in automatic-
I,istol and hand-grenade practice as men.
DETAILS OF FRONTIER GUARD TRAINING -- Innsbruck, Unio Press Service, 7 Oct 52
The members of the Hungarian Frontier Guard begin their actual training
only after taking an oath. The Zalaegerszeg recruit company is training at
Meszele. The trainees receive instruction in the search of homes, as well as
in the pursuit of escapees at night, on the training ground.
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Training is particularly thorough and strict along the Yugoslav border.
One phase of the training is to catch older frontier guards who are dressed in
civilian clothing and who impersonate Yugoslav spice.
Particular emphasis is placed on training the recruits to keep a distance
of 100-150 meters between one anothe.. The frontier guard on duty is required
to use his weapon if he or another person is attacked or if a suspect does not
stop when challenged.
After the examination at the conclusion of the training period, the recruits
are distributed along the border. Only frontier guards who are mempers of the
party or DISZ (Dolgozo Ifjak Szovetsege, Association of Working Youth) are de-
tailed to the Yugoslav border.
Recruits who fail Cie examination are given additional training lasting
2-3 months. Those who afain fail to pass the examination or are not considered
entirely reliable re..win in a reserve company which is used in case of general
alerts or raids.
During the training period, recruitment is conducted for the AVH officers'
school at the Budapest Petofi Academy, as well as for the noncommissioned
officers, school at Poth, near Budapest, and the frontier guard dog school at
Budapest. The result of the recruitment is usually poor, with few applicants.
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