(SANITIZED)AVH HEADQUARTERS BUILDING IN BUDAPEST(SANITIZED)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80S01540R001600180004-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 6, 2012
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: June 25, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
Th1s Document contslns Information a>sectlnB the Na-
tional Defense of the IInited states, within the mean-
ing of Title 18, sections 793 and 794. of the II.B. Code, ae
amended. Ita tranamiasioa or revelation of its coateata
to or receipt by an unauthorised person !s Drohiblted
by law. The reproduction of this form le Drohibited.
5ECRET~ S~N~ i~LNFO U~3oNOFFICIALS ONLY
COUNTRY Htmgary
SUBIECT AVH Headquarters Building in Budapest
REPORT
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7HE SOURCE EVALUATIONS IN THIS REPORT ARE DEFINITIVE.
7HE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE.
(FOR KEY SEE REVERSE)
1. Headquarters building of the State Security Authority (AVH) is situated
The front oi50X1-HUM
on the left bank of the Danube in District V of Budapeste
the building faces Szbchbr~ri RakpartD a boulevard tannin pari~llel to
the Danubee The eastern side of the building fac68thern~sidakfaces~ the
northern side faces J~iszai Mari Square, and the sou
Balaton utca (See sketches 1 and 2)9 Some tens of yards northeast of the
building are the pierarlfhthbank ofttheiDanubehich leads to Margit island
and from there to the g
~? The building is abput 70 m, long and 35 me wide, and is designed in the
form of a capital HNe It consists of Therroof isoflat~d Theebuildings
and has a basement and a subbasement.
is of reinforced concrete, with ba?ick walls. The ground floor is faced
with stone, and those above with slabs of grey marble,
3e The building was completely reconstructed between 1947 and 1949 after
having been destroyed during they ar. ~Phen first comnalewagd~ken ov~or
building was used by the Adinistr of the Interior,
by the AVH in 1951 e
Anxlexes a (A) View of AVH headquarters from the l~de.rgit Bridge
(B) DTorth~lr~stern view of aVH $eadquarteps.`
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LVH Aeadguarter8 Vies from the
Yargit Bride
3zeme~yadk utca
Jiazai Yai3a t8r
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szeceet~-i Rakpart ~ ...~
~8iz Ha~idge
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.w ~
Danube
Opera square
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Northi-eatern Viep of the AVH
Headquarters in Budapest
Lenin Koyrut
gzem~lyndk utda
J(egai Maria ter
1b0 m o
vyvu ojac6
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I(argit
Bridge
35 m
3abosbq~ Rakpart
ANNES B
B u~ca
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