HUNGARIAN TROOPS IN ZALAEGERSZEG

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R004300230005-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 4, 2003
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: January 11, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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Hurl arian Troops in ZALA G.2i-Z3,ZEG
EVALUAi ION,_ 25X1 PLACE OBTAINED
DATE OF CONTENT______Until T 1id-1ovember 1949
DATE OBTAINED 25X1 GATE PREPARED
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1. The full c:air.; information on Hun ;ar i~3_ troopo a 1;A1;A G1::S~;LG
(Y 4/V I'd) aas ohtcined bet Teen 13 and 16 November 1949:
a. 171,ev- Barr acks go
Thre'. trucks occupied by iiurZarian soldiers ertered the barrccRo
are`., on 15 iovember 1949. A driver stated that the ooldior: ,sere
p, vateo Lirot class and cor;,2orals ;")ho wradua tad from an ar Lil-
l.-ary course in PECS (Y 5/B 2P). +
b. Border Guard Barracks:
Six 45-man platoons of the Sth Border Guard Br ..7ere seen n~rchin;
out of the barracks on 16 November 1949. :/ith ?;, erne troops Zone,
no other troops were aeon in the barracks area. The marching
troops were equipped tai th Soviet submachine -uno with. dru ma-
3azine, Soviet 1i ht machine -une with drum magazine and Soviet
rifles? Local residents said that about t' io companies were
stationed in the barracks. ++
c. Local reoidento reported that men of the 1928 class who had
not yet been inducted were ordered to report for active duty,,
Some ZALAEG:.,: ~SZ: G draftees wore inducted into the air force in
TA20LCA (Y 4/D 35). +++
d. Since early November 1949 party functionaries have been
callin ; on former regular TTCCs of the old Tac.;arian Array to
volunteer for the officer career in the "Army of the People's.
Democracy". Those who signed up wore inducted for a six-month
course in December 1949.
2. An employee of the municipal power t.lant who fled from
ZAL;EG':,',SZEG in mid-.Au not 1949 reported that a n as barracks
was under construction in *1JA'_'G-.1SZZG. The barracks is in
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the wosto. n suburb of OLA g sou-6?a of Cla Street abot t 1 LC;;
feet oouthr,iost of t 1o Tranciocan C'rv.rche It was 1CLIr..IC-d
from t._o municipal conr: ,*X4-.ctio1. off .ce L .ut A IA -c-rCO2
:were to be st_ttiuned in the 'bQrr,:c,:o. 0
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A Z1,G, J :o occulAec;t by artillery troops ( ro ) bl
three b.ltt::: ie s with 1O5-u i ~;,`t,1.no o :Ocv-io-nSl,f elboci~.Tou. ,
a rc c~e:;i i,< Liam of -t;_i(3 artil? er ~ ui ,11 _on is still m --
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tr:-Anin_,; company of the bu talion iro l oc:; e i vi:E1'C }
uccor: to ~)roviou.s tion,
+-r++? ins Ucto bcr 11?49 that not y :t
induc te;:. riembc s of the 192 6 cl5,s c to r port for ac -~:.ve
duty, These itic"l?ctionu Lly) ~E': x to t o ~:CCO iiiy to
The troops to ue iju~rtc='(3: ii: the b-=r';w1.: may )o ;cibi:r
i.:clu(!e an AAA b:2 6tcr'y v tic,.} ?,r as scent to 1),- era ,1.:3ccd i_L t'u :c
A,c Kcro d I- oods north of in U atcs?~e : 1 D
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