SOVIET-SATELLITE TROOP MANEUVERS IN HUNAGRY, 1952

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00809A000700100210-5
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 24, 2011
• Sequence Number: 210
• Publication Date: January 15, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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DATE OF
Hungary; USSR; China; Czechoslovakia, Rumania
SUBJECT Military - 0/B, maneuvers
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PUBLISHED Biweekly and irregular newspaper
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PUBLISHED Rome; Innsbruck
DATE
PUBLISHED 20 May, 17 Jun 1952
LANGUAGE Italian; Hungarian
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SOVIET-SATELLITE TROOP MANEUVERS TN HUNGARY, 1952
CZECHOSLOVAF; AND RUMANIAN TROOPS IN HUNGARY, --Rome,Bollettino Danubiano,17 Jun 52
At the beginning of the second half of May a significant number of motor-
ized and armored Czechoslovak troops arrived in Hungary. These troops, thought
to be a mixed division, with motorized irfartry, new type T-34 tanks, and field
and antiaircraft artillery, were moved in rail convoys of 25 to 30 cars each.
They arrived at the border station sf Szob at night and stopped there for a
short while, during which time the men were not permitted to leave the train.
The convoy then continued on to Vac and Aszod. It was noted that the equipment,
such as rifles, submachine guns, machine guns, and tanks, were all of Russian
type.
The morale of the troops appeared to be very low. A few, who managed to
get in touch with the Hungarian populace, gave them to understand that they do
not know whether they had come for summer maneuvers or to strengthen the Hunger-
ian-Yugoslav border. However, theybelieved that they would stay for a long time.
Similar information has been published in the latest issue of Hun aria, a Hungar-
ian emigre newspaper. Other correspondents of Bollettino Danubiano have re-
ported that Rumanian troops will also arrive in Hungary in the near future.
Soviet and Satellite Troops Hold Maneuvers
On orders from the Soviet General Staff, summer maneuvers are being held
in Hungarian territory between the Danube and Tisza rivers in the vicinity of
the Yugoslav border. Hungarian and Soviet divisions and other units of the
Satellite countries are engaged in the maneuvers. For the time being, the ma-
neuvers will develop separately in several areas for the purpose of training,
gaining a knowledge of the terrain, etc.
Soviet-Hungarian armored troops (light, medium, and heavy) are conducting
exercises in the area including the towns of Cegled and Szolnok. A total of two
divisions viththeir respective attached units are said to be participating.
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These divisions are operating in swampy terrain for the dual purpose of test-
ing their tanks and learning how t
o move in terrain of this sort. The Soviet
2d Guard motorized division, with its.headquarters at Cegled, is holding maneu-
vers near Mohacs.
Two more Soviet motorized divisions -- one of them the 17th -- are holding
exercises along the Hungarian-Austrian-Yugoslav border.
During the second half of the summer grand combined maneuvers under Soviet
command will be commenced.
Hungarian Parachutists Beet World Record
Magyar Szabadsagharcos (Hungarian Fighter for Freedom), the official news-
paper of the Hungarian partisans, states that during the second half of May,
three members of this organization, Jozsef Cseli, Tivadar Kovari, and Jozsef
Szatai, dumped from a plane at an altitude of 70 meters, thereby breaking the
1937 world record by 10 meters.
RECRUITS VOLUNTEERS FOR CHINESE COMMUNIST ARMY -- Innsbruck, Unio Press Service,
20 May 52
The Chinese Communist government has a permanent military mission in Buda-
pest. The mission, which in collaboration with the Hungarian general staff has
been placing various orders for the Chinese Communist
military attache. Expecially heavy orders were placed with the Standard Villa-
mossagi Vallalat (Standard Electrical Enterprise).
The Chinese mission is also in charge of selecting Hungarian "volunteers"
for the Communist International Brigade, which is being recruited for military
service in Korca. Similar recruitment activities are under way in Rumania and
Bulgaria.
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