MISCELLANEOUS MILITARY INFORMATION

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 18, 2012
• Sequence Number: 7
• Publication Date: January 10, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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FORM N0. 51.61
MAY 1949
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION REPORT cD No.
CLASSIFICATION SECRET/ CONTROL II. S. OFFICI~L~ ONLY
COUNTRY Hungary
SUBJECT Miacellan?ous Military Information
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DATE OF INFO.
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DOCUMENT CONTAINS INiORMATION AFFEC TINO THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN /NF MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT 50
U. 5. C.. 31 AND 32. AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION
OF ITS CONTENTS IN AMY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PRD~
NIBITED BY LAW. REPpODUC110N OF THIS FORM IS PRONIBIT[D.
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10 Jan. 1951
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uss3an Troo Pdo~r f FFIUALS ONLY'
~~~~ IS 14N ENCl.4S~R~ ~ 50X1-HUM
as ~n~ uE~ a~t~
~~ The .follc~vuing ma~rernents
~.~ Dining the3 month of ,April 195p ~.ssisn. gax~r~isons off' ~`est~:rn
Hungaz?~ vusre transferred to the ~Ia~~tna.stter f~.z?.i.rag ramie, re~
turning; 3aa Ju];y.
b j Other units pa~oceeded to the same firing range in .~wly and
dep~a~ed. aga.3.n the fallo~ng raonthe 50X1-HUM
c) ~u~rsiaax troops at Ha,~anas?~er retu~.ed to
S~ekesfehea?~?ar ~ u _ 95c~.
d~ kIun;ar~.aax ~ax~t3~.1Qr~r ura~.ts were observed 3.n mo~?er~ent 3.n the
area P~etv~~en the 1?ataube snd the Tibiacus acid near Grken,~ s
It a.s alsei kno~~rt that Flutxgarian ari~r rnaxa.eu~ers took p~.ce
3.ax t}rat ~.rea in which, it as supg~osed, ~uss~.an ian~.ts alsa
partacipateda
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ne~v tart equ3.pment h~ been ass_i.g~1
ed t~?~ ~tussza~a units, ark that Russian of'?ect~.t~es tYave bases
s].a.~htl~r ins~reased.
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~a E~ussian units stalaioxtvd s.n ~ust~?ia hava ado
~takan paw in ~ss3.su troop ~eovemr~nts obsas~ed a.n I~un;~a8~r
~. ~1i1c~73
~j'e ~us~i. t3~c3ops are quartex?ed in a bua.l~d~.ng, re~s~atly transfr~~?r~eci
3,nts~ a ba:~ac3cs, ~.n I,ov~oldeter 8q~area Their un~.form epa,ulets~
are of a. ,yella~a green color.
6a In the fejx?mer pratsons o~ the Conti Utca there is sta,tianed ~.~a
~.Vt~ unit ~t~hoss urli.?orm caps 1r~a.ve a b~.ue stripe? `]'he sa~aae ur~.~'rsa,n.
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is worn by AVO troops stationed ~.n the bu3.ldia~ in the Jozsef
utca which former],y housed the town ma~orQs office.
7~ AVO Central Headquarters ale located at ~68 Andrassy uta t~
the rppfs of this block c~` kauildings are four pole hype radio
antennas and one shortwave antenna. On the roof ot? the ~1~.nistry
of Oommunications, located dust across the street, there is an
alts type shortwave antennae A modern horizontal system antenna
has bean installed on the roof of the new ~.~n~i.str~r of Defense.
A similar type of aa~tenna is located on the roof of the Fore:i.gn
~diraistry at the corner bf i~onus Tllr~s utca and Gang utca.
gb Anew barracks for Hungarian armored force troops has been
bul.lt on the left side of the Taitatovaros Almasfu~ito railway
13.ne, about one kilometer from the Takatovaro~ stations A d
smal,.l detachment was shipped from this barracks, reportedllr
to ~alaegersztig towards the end of July 199; the Mire
convoy consisted of three frc~~.ght cars?
Co Szombath?lye
yo (ki 7 July the gr:3ater part cf the iiussian garr~.son at Szomksat~iie~y
left for an unknovm destination Q
l0v No Russian troops have been observed in the e~ carabinier bar-
racks since 1C~ Ju]tiy 19~.
ll, The ?~~.llenary" Park is almost era.tire].y unoccupied. No I?.uss~.an
tanks are ,stationed there, and only about 3? motet t rutsks are
undergo3~.ig repa~.r at the workshop.
l2q As of lG Julq lgSQ, ho~rever, in a shed located on the Sportsg
Fielr~ there. were approacu.matvely 60 T~34 tanks, Tanks wens rest-
ing. ran special. wooden platforms and covered with taa^rpaulins ry
CauG~c~dls are housed l.n ti's Sports t Field dressing rooms a
l3, The former AA arti~.lex~- barracks was unoccupied and no materl.el
vas stored 3.n its courtyaxdsa
1~. , C~ly 2~?0 Russir~a troops we~?e housed in the Hussar utca barracks .
1F~a The Tokoly Imra utca ba~?racks housed only a few Hungaa~.an sol~3iers s
l?ia The former railroad warehouses located at the end of the Septet.
ut near the Ga.rdonyi Gera u$ have been transformed l.nta milivary
warehauses for the Hungarian a.~,
l'~, In late tiu,gu.st, haxssian units returned to Szombathely, ~:~,s ~rel_7.. as
to ESoi~niend, i.n thel.r pretr~.ous strengthen
L~~ ~d3 Situat~.~on as of Ju1y 1950 .
411.assif:i.cationa SECFt~TfG~li'rR?I. (U. S. Officials C1nly)
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18. Russian t~oop~ formerly stat~.oriad at tRiskolc have left for
an unknbwn.destination.
1~. In the ]ergs art3.~.Iery barracks located Hoar the Tisza rail-~
road sLdtiort there is a Hungarian horse-drawn artillery group?
20. An AVO ba~Ctalian headquarters and Sri AVO traan~.ng company are
stationed in the ox Ilora~ barracks near the Gomori railway
station.
2].. In the former kiuvsars barracks in the market square t hems are
stationed an infantry battalion and regi.menta7L staFf cad?~es s
a cavalry company, and a comdnunications detachment. Among
equipm?nt there a number of Russian P1Katjuska~ artillery
pieces have ~aeen observed. Damaged. during the iva.r? the ~Sas~-
racks is curr~enrtly undergoing reconstruction ~~Jha.ch will tae
completed iaa the near .future.
:.~. A motor-r3rawn ar~til.l.er~ group axed a tank detachment are ~.ooat-~
ed ixi artillery baa?raclcs ~2pta an the Sajos~entpeter highway.
8 heavy aa~tillerq pieces ware observed in the barracks coux?t-
yax d.
23. The ex Rudolf barracks 3,s unoccup~.ed and is b$i..ng reconstruct-
- ed.
2G.o An unidentified br:fgade headquarters and draft headquarters
#f35 axe located in th? builda.ng wh~.ch farm~srly housed .army
corps headquarters.
25q An AV4 headquarters ~:s located 3.n the formear ~Je^e~.sh school isa
Arpad Square':. AVO detachments asr? still located at ti~da Baesrev~:,
Sziks~a, Szesrencs, Satoraljaujhely, and at Oiosg~rar.
E. Kiser
2,r~i. AVt? frontier control posts were strengthened during the summer.
The Kiena,rda post has been increased to ~7 men.
G. Revi'ulon Csee also Seetion K below .
2~3a Ho F~ussian tuvts ~rere observed i? the area during the mo~?ths
of Ju9,y and August 1950.
29. lc~ spa~.ng of 1950 a Hungarian militax~ detachmea~t const~cte~i
a high observation tower, possibly for aircraft vaarning pur-
posesa The obsex~ration post is cu~ently occupied by five
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observers and a guard. A s~.milar tov~er vaas constructed on
top of fit. Badacsonyi Hegys These tvro posts come under the
jurisdiction of a headquarters located at Nag~nra~sony airport.
Ho
Ba_ dacsan,~
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Un 25 duly 195Ca a r1s7~.i.lti~a~y convoy costing froffi the east and
~7roce?ud1n~, tOVJ~.rds T.a~3olQr]. ~dVds obsorvedn 1~rnon~; eau~.pFtx~nt
observed ~aare 8 armored vehicles (probably li~;i~rt tanks ?r 50X1-HUM
arsaor?d Cars as this secondary railroad is not suited to
h~dlir~ heavy traffic), and a number of trucks. Three cars
o? Hungarian troops users attached to tYse convoys They 0
had come from `I'atatovaros and ~,~sere en xoute
to Zalaegers~eg<
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A nussian air force fuel dump is located i.ra the 8zekes~erdo
Forest near the totivn of Bakony~yepes (30 kms. truest of Ves~prem) ,
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Uerce, Sotor~y. .
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