7TH BORDER GUARD BN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005400030004-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 10, 2000
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: June 27, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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EVALUATION P
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REPORT NO.
LACE OBTAINED 25X1A
DATE OF CONTENT 25X1 C
DATE OBTAINED REPARED
REFERENCES
PAGES 2
REMARKS
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1.
ENCLOSURES (NO. & TYPE) St;ardard ~ aanr:mer Quostionnaire
information was obta?ned on the 7th corder :'card !-'-n in
i(oeszeg (P 4E3/X 60) up to 17 January 1950. The Superior
headquarters have been the State Security Police (AVii)
since 3 January 1950.(l) 1/3 dander (brigade) is the
cover designation of the unit. It had the postal "o.
0691.(2) Quarters were in the Castle L?arrac Ts, Koeszerr,.
(3)
2. "a jor Laos Va ;i, a Jeer and an active Comrnun'st, was
battalion coxn iander, and ?a jor Szila y (fnu), an anti-
Co:r-.:aunist was his deputy. Senior Lieutenant erenc
Siklosi, graduate of the Petoefi f:.caderiy, was political
officer, assisted by Junlor.Lieutenant Bela Pribeli,
graduate of the Petoefi Academy. Captain i.olozs (fnu),
a Jew/$was "L" officer, and his assistant was Senior
Lieutenant Szoelloesi (fnu). Captain Sardi (fnu),
was paymaster..
30 OrL7anization and oquipmrrnt :
a. ,attalion headquarters
b. The trainin.~! company (up to 17 September 1949)
was co'm:nared by Senior Lieutenant Ferenc Palorh.
t had a company headquarters, five rifle platoons
and one machine :Pun platoon. Each rifle nlatoor
numbered 30 to 40 soldiers; the :.achine ..Aun pla-
toon consisted of six machine ~-,a? sections. The
company wan arced with 7.62-m. i rifles (1943.:aodel ),
7.F2--,xi submachine ~ uns with drunn mar,-azines (1943,
1944, 1945 and 194 models) and 7.62-m-ri mech3ne
[runs. ~ollowin~? the 6-week basic tra inin'r, troops
underwent `aorCer -.uard trainin.r for 2 to 22 -onths
and later he& heavy weapons trainint,.
onmen
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c. The 10th 2orcaer ,}uard Co in Csepreg (P 48/
70); address Csepre^;, postal No. 0897,
was commanded by senior Lieutenant Istvan
Tapp. The company's or~~anizat1 on was not
known. `I e Olmod (P 43/X 60) border *uard
post 1/5 (previ.ously 7/80) was subordinate
to the company. It had the
and numberec, 30 soldiers armed with rifles,
7.62-mm submachine guns and 2 rna chcine gur. s ,
model 42.
4. After being taken over by the AVJI, border 'uard
units were issued vizor-type caps with a jreen
3. cra ribbon, 7recn epaulets, crossbeits and
buttons with the Soviet Star emblem for the
uniform coats.
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5. Aecordin: to an announcement in January 1950 the
term of service was extended to three years
with optional employment with the AVu there-
after. r:ach soldier was automatically put on
the .AVH payroll upon reachinr* the grade of cor-
poral.
6 The pay was ninety-six forints per month for
three years (the period of universal military
service). The aonthly pay was ells Tedly to be
increased to E3OO forints when border guard per-
sonnel wa.,. put on the AVH payroll. (4)
25X1 A(1) amaent. the fact that the Border uard
Corps caane under the control of the AVH was
previously reported by a source of unknown re-
liability and is now given credence..
25X1A(2) Comrient. were25X1 B
r ? b erved with Hungarian units in early
1950. The deserber's statement :indicated that
the, may be used as postal numbers only.
25X1A(5) :.orrunent. The data on organization and dis-
position of the 7th 1 "order
)uard .fin confirm pre-
25X1 A4) - Co;7 cnt6 2lie. stateirent that the term of
border ,;uard service was extended to three shears
needs to be confirraed althou :h such 'an extension
is considerec' possible as an effective border
control requires experienced personnel that has
to serve over a period of year:
25X1A (5) ~ Comment. The state a sts on the terms of
service cannot lie chec:ed because inductions in
F:ungarv are still effected irre4"ularit'. ,ee Annex.
1 Annex:. "'tandarc? r arzpower Qiasstionnaire.
COiNTRCL/:1^ Oi P.i..:1ALS ONLY
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