BUILDINGS OF THE FOUNDRIES AND MACHINE INDUSTRIES MINISTRY

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 22, 2002
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: March 30, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE -AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
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SECURITY INFORMATION
COUNTRY . Hungary
SUBJECT Buildings of the Foundries and Machine
industries Ministry
DATE OF INFO.
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This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean-
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amended. Its transmission or revelation of its contents
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The central administration of the Foundries and Machine zdiistries Ministry was
located in the building of the former Finance Insti-Wte- Center (P4nzintAeti
Koezpont), Szabads .g. t6r 5/6, Budapest V. On the second floor of this building
were the offices of the Minister, Istvan KQSSA, and all of the Deputy Ministers,
with the exception of the Deputy Minister for MetEllurgical Enterprises;: Istvan
KOMJATHY. I recall that the Machine Industry Division and the Transportation
Industry. Division (of the production branch) and the Production Division (of the
administrative branch) were also located in this building. The ministryts kitchen
was'located on the seventh floor of the building. From this kitchen, under special
security precautions, meals were transported to the Medium Machine Industry next
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2 The second building occupied by the Foundries and Machine Industries Ministry
adjoined the main building and faced on Teleki Pal utca 21. This six-story
building housed the following administrative divisions: the Materials and Goods
Distribution Division (Anyag es Aruforgalmi Foeosztaly), the Main Bookkeeping
Department for Enterprises (VallalatiFoekoenrveloeseg), the Legal Department
(Toervenykiegeszitt Oszt&ly),. the Technical Development Division (Mueszaki
Fejlesztgsi Foeoszt&ly) and the TVork Affairs Division (Munkauegyi Foeosztaly).
3. The third building of the Ministry, adjoining the above, was located at
Arany Janos utca 25. It had four stories.
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The fourth building was-located at Guszev (formerlyISas) utca 25,
and was interconnected -with all the others. The office of EOMJATHY,
Deputy Minister four Metallurgical Enterprises, was -located in_.
this building, Also the following production branch divisions were.
located there: the Iron Metallurgy Division(Vaskohasszati Foeosztaly)-
the High Temsion Power Division (Eroesaramu Faeosztaly) _the-
Communications Industry Division (Hiradastechnikai Foeos.ztaly).,.
and . the Mac ine Tool Industry Division (ft ,Sze,r1V&-ri Foeosztaly),
The Guszev t.ca building also housed the Research Institute
(lutato ins-tezet) of the Mining and Power (Banya ea
Ener iauegyi Minis:~terium), which contained valuable equipment too
dirfieit to move
Visitors were required to show special passes, issued for a
definite period of time, to enter the buildings. of ' the Foundries
and Machine Industries Ministry. Visitors also had. to show an
identification document with photograph. All visitors. passed
through a reception office where the times of entrance and
departure were recorded.
Kier' try. employees were required to show permanent passes, with
photograph on one side and date of validity 'oat the other. -side, to the.
guard when,enteri.ng .the. Ministry buildings. They received .a small
aluminum disc .from the guard, which they had to surrender when
leaving the building. Officials could leave the buildings-when they
pleased,'but typists, stenographers and charwomen,coul.d not leave
during working hours without special permission ?E*mployeee. had to
.be careful not let their passes expire. The pass'e6 bad to be:'-re'-
newed'every three to six months. The guards were so-aggressivethat,
if'an employee's pass had expired, they reported the tact -' 'immediately.,
and the employee had to answer for his negligence the same day. , , The
first''. time an'employee was reported for forgetting to have ?the pass
extended he was excused with a warning, but the second time he.had~,
to pay''. a fine
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