SHIPMENT OF TELEPHONE SWITCHBOARDS FROM HUNGARY TO ALBANIA
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Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST):
CIA-RDP82-00457R007100390010-4
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RIPPUB
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C
Document Page Count:
1
Document Creation Date:
November 9, 2016
Document Release Date:
May 7, 1999
Sequence Number:
10
Case Number:
Publication Date:
March 20, 1951
Content Type:
REPORT
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I SUBJECT Shipment of Telephone +,aitohboar?ds
co from, 11unga y to ^lbs.nia
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ACQUIRED
DATE OF
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Standard S'i.llamossagi r,.t.,. I3udapes't :71:., Fe?hervari
70, is listed as an electrical company.
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REPORT NO.
On 5 February 1951, a number of bares, criginatinr in I3u;ektp st and
listed as oont a xci telephone riwit -.kboerds, arri- ed in the pore ~yf'
Trieste for ahipmairt, by Tergest, to Albania.
2 Si: large boxes, measuring 6e X 41 X 41, containee=. switchboards. and
the email boxes, measuring 21 X. 21 X 21. contained telephone as'tritr:hboard
1-'eat sets.
3. All the material was packed in a double box a a sr angement., with each box
lined with thick tar paper and heavily coaled with tar for waterproofing.
1 selsior was packed between th.e ina:s.de and outsiciuu boxes and also around
the equipment in the inside box. All the boxes were serially numbered
In such a manner as to permit one couplete installation to be i7rmedlately
selected and set up. The boxers all were stamped STAL`D RD, Bu.dapeat.*
The instrum zts theneelves were of a type similar to those used in
Bri tianh fir?my tru ks, having a capacity of 90 lines and 12 trunks each.
The encasing wooeiaa'ork was highly polished and panelled and appeared to
be for inside" installation. Connected in a series, the eciuipme t vrould
be sufficient to fulfill the neecds of a small city or an J&my Corps Iit',
It was noted that the power for the equipment could be dorived freni
either local current or a battery syrste.,
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Archivist of the United States,
Next Review Date: 2008
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