HUNGARIAN OFFICE OF INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R001600900003-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 19, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 5, 2006
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: July 13, 1948
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTEL
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COUNTRY ~ungay
SUBJECT Hungarian Office of Information
PLACE
ACQUIRED
THIS UOCUMEIT CONTAINO INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE
OF THE UNITED STATES With.:. 7118 MEANING OF TILE ESPIOHA3E ACT 50
U. S. C.. 31 AND 3t. AS ANENOE0. ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION
OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PRO?
OHEITED ET LAW. REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM 13 PROHIBITED, NOEl?
EVER. INFORMATION CONTAINED IN Loft OF THE FORIA NAY OR UTILIZED
AS DEEMED NECESSARY RY THE RECEIVING AGENCY.
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STATE 4 NAVY S
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SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION FOR THE RESEARCH
USE OF TRAINED INTELLIGENCE ANALYSTS
1. In the runner of 1947 Ivan B(1DIZSAR wwa appointed Under-Secretary of State
in the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Immediately after his appoint-
ment he was invited by the Minister of Foreigmt Affairs and the Chief of the
3 Political Police to submit a project for establishing abroad a Hungarian
agency to make propaganda and procure political information. To implement
this project BOLDI ZSAR was then authorized to set up Hungarian Offices of
information and Press-Documentation within the Hungarian Legations to
several Western I .ropean oountries0
2a The principal objectives assigned to those agencies were the followings
ai.) To foster
b) To prevent
Hungary
a pro-Hungarian propaganda in the respective countriaai
all propaganda against the present political regime in
o) To procure political information for the Government, as well as for
the security authorities.
3a It was adopted as a basic principle that the staff of the offices should
be recruited from reliable Hungarians living for a long time abroad a ands
't'hus, having the necessary contacts in the respective countries.
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 Approved For Release 2006/12/05: CIA-RDP82-00457R001600900003-6
Approved For Release 2006/12/05: CIA-RDP82-00457R001600900003-6