DIVISION V OF THE AVH

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• Publication Date: September 9, 1954
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
This material contains information affecting the Na-
tional Defense of the United States within the mean-
ing of the Espionage Laws. Title 18, U.S.C. Secs. 793
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The office of Chief of Division.V (Foeoszt:.ly.).of the AVH (Allamv4delmi
Hatosag - State Security Authority)-is filled by Col. Gyula KOCZINA.' (1)
Division V is the personnel Division of the AVH, and as such is responsible
for AVH personnel hiring, dismissal, transfers, kadering, disciplinary
action,and arrests (AVH members only). (2)
2. Col. KOCZINA, who has close and friendly personal relations with Lt. Col.
Vladimir FARKAS, Chief of Division VIII, and with Col. Gyula ZSIDI, chief 50X1-HUM
of both Divisions III and VI, and whose political ties are tightly bound.to-
Lt. Col. T tir4.r DEKAN. Ch1.Af of the Control. Staff
Division V is provided with a Deputy Chief (believed presently. filled by
an Acting Deputy, Lt. Col.. Arpad LALIK, Chief of Section 3 of Division V),
a 'Soviet Advisor and AVH Interpreter (names unknown), and a Secretariat. (4)
It is believed Division V is organized into eight sections (osztgly), four of
which are known by their number designation, as noted below: (5)
Section 1 The Kader Section, responsible for all AVH kadering.
Section 2 - Responsible for hiring new AVH employees.
Section 3 - Disciplinary (Fogyelmi)'Section.
Section 4 Responsible for maintaining AVH personnel files.
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Sport Section - Provides opportunities for active sports partici-
pation for AVH officers and administers the AVH
sports program.
Cultural Section - Responsible for raising and promoting the cultural
level within the AVH.
Propaganda Section - Responsible for disseminating Party literature to
AVH personnel.
Health Section
- Responsible for directing'the AVH hospitals, infirma-
ries and recreation areas.
Division V/1, the Kader section, has a chief
a deputy
a Sotriet Ad
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AVE Interpreter, a Party Secretary, and a Secretariat. Although-it is known,
that this section is organized into sub-sections (aloszt$ly), the organizational
breakdown is unknown. (6)
5. Routine kadering, conducted at regular intervals,is normally managed by a
Division V/1 kadering officer, although special kadering sessions are held be-
fore a'kadering committee under circumstances to be noted below. Routine
kadering may range from a chance meeting in the halls and an informal conver-
sation, to a formal, scheduled, protracted interrogation; the kadering officer
may appear unexpectedly at the employee's office for a.kadering session lasting
from five minutes to an hour, or he may call the employee into his own officer;
for a kadering session if something significant in the employee's private or
professional life has come to the attention of the kadering officer. Rank-and-
file personnel undergo routine kadering on an average of twice a month, section
chiefs perhaps not oftener than every three to four months, Division Chiefs
even less frequently. Desk or sub-section (alosztgly) chiefs are kaderedby a
Division V/1 kaderer of equal rank; section chief or.his deputy or by the Chief
of Division V (a high-level kaderer may also be detailed from MD? national
headquarters to assist if necessary); Division Chiefs, their deputies and the command
structure of the AVH (including PIROS), however, only by the highest ranking
members of the.MDP (Hungarian Workers' (Communist) Party) Kader Division in the
national headquarters.
6. Prior.to employment, a potential AVH staff recruit is initially.kadered by a
committee consisting of the chief of the section for which-he is being considered,
the Division V/1 kadering officer assigned to that section, and a?lower-level kadere'r
from MDP.national headquarters. But the normal composition of a kader committee
for AVH personnel"is the individual's immediate superior, his AVH Communist Party
Secretary, and the Division V/i kadering officer (except for the highest-ranking
AVH officers, as previously noted) assigned to his section. A kader committee is
called together for, reasons other than routine kadering. The individual Division
V/1 kadering officer, who is responsible for arranging and executing both routine
and special kadering sessions with the personnel of the AVH section assigned to
him without any direction from Division V/1, is solely responsible for calling a
kader committee. meeting if a given situation demands it.
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7. The kader committee, in addition to handling special security".or" related
problems arising in an employee's life, must pass on any personnel action
contemplated for a given employee; without committee approval no-change in
status may take place. (7) The kader committee thus initiates and recommends
transfers, promotions, training, awards, and other personnel action. Its
decisions are rarely vetoed by the higher, approving authority ofeither
Division V or of the employee's own Division., to both of whidh.such-recommendations
are forwarded. The kadering committee represents the three most authoritative
as well as officially acceptable points of view; that of Division V on personnel
action, that of the employee's own Division on professional ability, and that
of the AVH Party Secretary on political behaviorand'ideological-orientation.
The division of authority within the kadering committee is not-so clearly
defined as this in practice, however, due to the impossibility-of differentiating
within the Communist definition between an employee's personal, professional,
and political life. The individual members of the kader committee may veto the
recommendations of one another on matters within their own province (the Party
Secretary may veto on political grounds a promotion, an award, or special
training suggested for an employee of high professional qualifications by his
superior, or, a superior or kadering officer may veto on professional grounds a
promotion, award, or special training suggestion by a Party Secretary for a
politically deserving individual) and the other members would inevitably be
constrained to acquiesce. In practice the members of the committee seldom surprise
each other with insoluble proposals, however, avoiding conflicts'by maintaining
close and constant contact with each other, whereby differences of opinion are
generally straightened out before they become problems. In matters of routine
transfers it should be noted, however,, only the kadering officer and the employee's
superior are vested with any authority; the Party Secretary is not authorized in
such cases to interject opposition to the views of the other members.
8. Division V/2, which is responsible for the hiring of AVH personnel, and which is
informed on-the general type of individual needed by the AVH, investigates,
examines, and, tentatively recruits the candidates for the available jobs. Division
V/2 has its own machinery for performing security checks on a.prospective employee,
although it may request Division 1/3 (Internal CE/CI section. of Division I) to-under-
take a difficult investigation, but in such cases Division I/3' will not-be informed
that the subject is being considered for employment, Division-V/2 does not,
however, place the new recruit, but rather sends hii to Division V/1, for either
assignment to the appropriate Division and section, or for dismissal by Division V/1
as unsuited for the job. Division V/2 has a chief, a deputy, a Party Secretary,
and a Secretariat; it is believed that no Soviet Adviser or AVH.-Interpreter are
assigned. The organizational breakdown of Division V/2 is unknown.
9. Division V/3, the disciplinary or fogyelmi section for.all AVH personnel, is
provided with a chief (Lt. Col. Arpad LALIK, also. believed to be acting.deputy for
Division V), a deputy chief, a Soviet Adviser and AVH Interpreter, a Party
Secretary, and a Secretariat. The organizational brea11mown is unknown. Division V/3
undertakes disciplinary action on the basis of reports received from Division .V/1,
which reports reflect notification of misdemeanors or crimes reported on an employee
by his section or Division Chief to Division V/1.
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10. The mildest form of punishment in the AVH is an oral rebuke, which can be adminis-
tered either by the responsible section chief or by Division V/3, and which is also
not recorded in the individual's personnel file. Written reprimends from either
are, on the other hand, recorded in the personnel files. Minor infractions such
as leaving open a safe,drunkenn.ess,or fighting, which are first offenses, may be
punished by the individual's section chief in AVH Headquarters, or by the Provincial
Department Chief in the provinces. Section or Provincial Department Chiefs can
issue jail sentences to AVH personnel under their command up to 21 days; Division V/3
must be informed of the offense and the punishment in such cases, so that they may
be recorded in the person's personnel file. Jail sentences imposed by Division V/3
range from one to thirty days, and may be followed by dismissal if the seriousness
of the offense warrants it. (8) Division V/3 does not levy fines, although
salaries are withheld during the period the employee is in jail. Division V/3
is not empowered to authorize demotions in rank or position; this action can only
be ordered by the Commanding General of the AVH. Very serious crimes, such as the
misappropriation of large sums of money, are turned over to the military court,
and high-level conspiracies, such as that (by Communist definition) leading to the
Gabor PETER purge, are handled by committees of the ranking AVH officers, not
by Division V/3. (9)
11. Division V/4 is responsible for maintaining the personnel files or registry of
AVH staff employees. Its organization is unknown.
12. The Sport Section of Division V (designation unknown), which directs the Munkdra
Harcra Kgsz (Ready to Work and Fight Movement), is responsible for providing AVH
staff officers with opportunities for athletic participation, and for administering
the AVH athletic program of competitive teams. Sports officers are assigned to
the various Divisions of the AVH by this section, and within the Sport Section are sub-
sections for soccer, boxing, gymnastics, rowing, shooting, and participation in
motorcycle and automible racing and similar competitions. The entire AVH sports
organization is entitled "Bastya" (Basti n), and each team participating on behlaf
of the AVH is termed a Bastya Team. Organization unknown. 50X1-HUM
13. The Cultural Section of Division V (designation unknown), which is responsible
for raising and promoting the cultural level of the AVH personnel, specializes in
organizing presentations of Soviet Russian music, singing,and dancing, in arranging
"cultural" lectures, and in presenting AVH concerts, lecturesgand similar cultural
efforts with AVH personnel filling the active roles. There are about sixty
persons in this section whose only job is to represent the AVH at the various
State organized cultural events. Organization unknown.
14. The Propaganda Section of Division V (designation unknown) is responsible for
disseminating Communist literature among the AVH staff personnel. Organi- 50X1-HUM
zation unknown.
15. The Health Section of Division V (designation unknown) is responsible for the
direction of the AVH hospitals, infirmaries,and recreation areas. The main AVH
hospital is the Otto Korvin Hospital, formerly the Fasor Sanitorium, located
in Budapest VII at Gorkij Fasor ut, formerly Vilma Kirtlynoe-ut, 11/2. The
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outpatient clinic is located on the corner of Voeroesmarty and Aradi ut,
Budapest VI. The Health Section has its administrative offices in this
latter building. There is also a small clinic in the AVH headquarters build-
ing. AVH personnel working in the provinces (komitaet, formerly megye) are,
attended by the civil police physicians, but if hospitalization is necessary,
the patient is placed in the Otto Korvin Hospital in Budapest. The following
are the AVH recreation areas under the supervision of Division V, to which
,AVH employees may go for vacation or for health reasons:
Siofok
Felsoegoed
Balatonlelle
Heviz
Dobogokoe
Matrs.foered
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Organization of this section is unknown.
_ (Comment: KOCZINA's predecessor
was . o Dezsoe LAKATOS, who was relieved of office about the time of the
January 1953 purge.
(2) Comment: Kadering is the professional and political assessment and 50X1-HUM
con ro of all AVH assignments. adering consists of a friendly interrogation,
undergone every member of the AVH at regular intervals (as well as special sessions
as required) before any status change can be effected, from General PIROS on
down. The lower the level of the employee, the more often he is subjected to
routine kadering. Division V's primary concern in kadering is in professional
ability and qualification, and in the individual's private life as it reflects on
his professional activities; ideological kadering is normally. accomplished by the
responsible AVH Party Secretaries. However, it is often difficult to separate 50X1-HUM
and exactly define the authority of the Party and that of Division V in kader
processing, and in personnel action growing out of kaderin .
(3) Comment: This group, led by DEKAN, represents
what is known as the Ceanmunist Party clique within the AVH, and is the most power-
ful of the internal influences euidinL7 the daat;rrr tf +e him a 50X1-HUM
(4)
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Comment: The Party Secretaries are assigned to the Sections in Division V,
not at the Division level, as source has pointed out is the case in Division I,
and he believes in all Divisions except for Division VIII.
Comment: Health, Culture , S ort and Pr aganda are 50X1-HUM
each functions performed by separate sections. furthermore, there
are in all Likelihood two additional sections hat, novea o an e personnel matters
for each of the "military" Divisions (IV-Border Guards, and IX-BKA or AVH armed 50X1-HUM
units), if Division V is at all responsible for them, due specialized nature.
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to the staffs would not warrant ineln4time,?because the number of persons assigned
of the Divisions of the AVH (exclusive of the M
that is.. a ilitary Divisions,iIV and IX,h
whose "political officers" are directly responsible to the Chief of Division V
and not to any Division V/1 sub-section), and one for the nineteen Provincial
Departments. If this is correct, Division V/1 would comprise approximately nine
sub-sections (one for each of the seven appropriate Divisions, one for Unit
Kadering). nsible for Provincial' Department 50X1-HUM
the AVH staffs (see CSD&-K-13735) are
also Kadered individuals assigned by Division V/l, but there are no corres-
ponding staff sub-sections (as there are Division sub-sections) in the Division
V/1 organization; staff Kaderers are selected at random from V/1 sub-sections 50X1 -HU M
which are the least busy at an
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corresponding to the organiza ion of 4-U AV/~ 1~ organizes into sub-sections 50X1-H U M
ee om to roam through the offices
of the Division for which he is responsible, however, and the Kadering
officers spend much of their time at this activity.
vision v building on Jaszai?Mari Ter at
Szemelynoek utca 25 or 26, opposite the AVH headquarters. building,
A Kadering officer has complete -P, d
The offices of Division V 1 personnel responsible for 111,117
ea qua ers
Kadering are located in the D'
b. Kadering officers are, of course, known as such to the other employees.
The personnel of Division V/l's Instruktor Sub-section, responsible
for Provincial Department (as opposed to the headquarters Division)
Kadering are, on the other hand, 'integrated into given Provincial
Departments, where they overtly maintain Division V/1 offices. The
headquarters, Division V/l, Instruktor Sub-section is thus manned
by a skeleton force, supporting their field representatives. In theory
the latter report to 'division V/1 through the Provincial Department
chief; in practice they frequently circumvent him, especially if there
is any question of Division Vas power or authority involved in any
given instance.
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as ? e Personnel Section or Div
ppears ision also lhasoant"Otdel~Kadrov"e inasmuch
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apparently similar to Division VI,
(9) omment: Most offenses in the AVH are moral misbehavior; drunkenness,
fighting, adultery, consorting with prostitutes, homosexuality,and stealing,
Theft is one of the most common crimes at every level of the AVH. Theft
includes misappropriation of funds, and seizing for personal use impounded
possessions (furniture, clothing, cameras,and similar personal items) of persons
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arrested or deported by the AVH. If an AVH employee is charged with one of the
other possible offenses, it is almost certain that a charge of theft of im-
pounded personal effects can be added to the original charge. Next in fre-
quency to moral crimes, are offenses connected with the proper execution of
official duties; security violationssAWOL, dereliction of duty, failure to
follow AVH operational procedures. Political transgressions, such as Arrow 50X1-HUM
Cross membership on the part of an AVH employee, record of which should be
subsequently discovered, are also within the purview of Division V/3.
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D.IVISION V
- SOVIET ADVISOR.
INTERPRETER
SOVIET ADVISOR
INTERPRETER
SECTION 'l
"KADER"
COMMAND LINE
SOVIET ADVISOR
SECTION 2
HIRING
SOVIET ADVISOR
INTERPRETER
SECTION 3
DISCIPLINARY
ECRETARIAT? SECRETARIAT
Chief: KOCZINA, Gyula,. Col.
SECTION 4
PERSONNEL
FILES
SECRETARIAT
SPORT
SECTION
.CULTURAL
.SECTION
PROPAGANDA.
SECTION
SECRETARIAT
HEALTH
SECTION
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DEPUTY CHIEF
LALIK, Arpad Lt Co