1. MESZHART ACTIVITIES 2. MESZHART SHIP REPAIR YARD

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A002500480007-8
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• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 3, 2013
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: October 13, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
This Document contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States, within the mean.
ing of Title 18, Saotions 703 and 784, of the U.S. Code, as
INFORMATION REPORT to mended. Its transmission or revelation of its o habit e
to or r receipt by y an an unauthorized person in prohibited
by law. The reproduction of this form is prohibited.
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SECURITY INFORMATION
COUNTRY Hungary
1. Meszhart Activities
2. Mes;hart Ship Repair Yar.d
REPORT L_
DATE DISTR.
13 October 1953
NO. OF PAGES 3
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REFERENCES
THE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
THE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
Meszhart Act.vities
a. Because of ,,he shortage of coal, and in order to utilize the heavy residue.
of Hungarian oil, Meszhart is converting its Danube tugboats to oil firing.
The conversion takes about six weeks.
b. The Danube tug KOMKROM, of Meszhart, has been taken to the Korneuburg
Shipyard, Austria, where she will. be converted into a motor tug Twit. two 600
HP motors. In Korneuburg Meszhar~t has ordered three tank barges of 1,000 tons
capacity, of which one has been delivered. Three new 900-ton barges have been
built for Meszhart by the Lake Balaton Shipbuft.lding Yard..
c. Meszhart is expected to receive a 2,400-ton cargo vessel by December 1953.50X1-HUM
d.. There have been rumors that the MSS BUDA*EST, DEBRECF'N and SZEGED will b(p
retransferred to the Detert shipping company. Meszhart cannot make the Near
East traffic pay because of the shortage of cargo.
?. Captains Teleki (fnu) and Kadar (fnu) were dismissed from Meszhart on the grounds
that the company had 8 masters for 4 ships. They were, however l.aVer reinstlkted.
2. Meszhart Ship Repair tard.2
a. The Meszh4tt,Ship Repair Yard lies between the railroad bridge crossing the
Ujpest Island, 9d the extreme northern end of the island, although the northern
point itself is occupied by a small service depot for the River Police.
b. The Meszhart repair yard has an electrically-powered slipway capable of hauling
up a 11250-ton vessel. The vessel is then shored up and as many as three vessels
can thus be held on the .slipway,at once.
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c, The Nort)iern Railroad Bridge across the Danube, shown on the sketch,
which passes south of the Meszhart repair yard and north of the Gheor.ghiu-Dej-
shipyards is under repair, Two dew pillars are being built in the left arm
of the Danube, which will have the effect: of shortening the span required.
(The former bridge had its pillars on,the bank of the river).
Annex: Sketch-map of the Moat rt Ship Repair Yard (1 page).
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Comment' probably means DTHRT )anube and Ocean Navigat3.on
ompany- aTanger z_.si R6szvenytdr6&06,9) which howc ery was abeorl~ed
by Meszbart_in 1931.
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Gheorghiu-Dej
Shipyard
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Carpenters
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Fitting cut Berth (Stomsall
under construction)
Workshop
Electrical Winihe
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