FRONTIER CONTROLS ON RUMANIAN-HUGARIAN FRONTIER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005000090009-2
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 6, 2000
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: June 5, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
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SUBJECT Frontier Contr
Frontier as on Ih marnian_Htznga r xn
PLACE 25X1A6a
ACQUIRED
DATE OF
INFO.
NO. OF PAGES I 25X1A2g
NO. OF ENCLS.
(LISTED E3ELOW)
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
Because of the increasing number of Rumaatia ns rho are fleeing t.hroug
Lunt ary into Austr?i;n, the Rum isn Cove nt has put into effect much
stronger frontier controls? A.11 trees have been removed from a zone
5o meters wide which is located just b ind the frontie m i t .7Lf. Behind
this zone to a depth of two kilometers all the homes,, with the exception
of those occupied t the frontier guards, have been demolished.
Furthermore, all suspect persons living within 20 kilometers of the
frontier have been removed into the interior, and the homes of these
afferrted persons are now occupied by members of the Militia.
From 5 p..m,, to 7 ..m.. no road traffic is permitted, within 20 kilometers
of the frontier. Along the border itself there is a military post of
ten men at two kilometer Intervals., The post each have a tower where
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guards maint .n a constant watch. The guards have police dogs to aid
-them in the patzo1s