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_for J 95 REPORT FROM HUNGARY. os situation. e most str ng factor underlying all the reports received from Hungary is the rapidly inereasing military preparation and the extremely important strategie movements that are now taking place in that satellite country. Under the pretense of maneuvers and of instruetion#, the Russian divisions in Hungary have been kept in continuous movement, The most important change oecwred in April. At that moment, Russian units, re-inforced by troops that had been stationed in Austria, were transferred from the border line of the Austrian provinee of Burgenland to the inner part of thé country, Only very small Russian detachments remained for police purposes along the Western frontier. The main forees are now coneentrated in the area South-West of Budaai between the heights of the Bakony Wood and the Balaton Lake. ese troop movements eprrespond with a simuléaneous inerease in Russian air activityes. Frequgntly Russian military pa&ne units are landing on one §$ the three main air fields: pa in the West, Kecskemét in the exact center and Debrecen in the East of the country. They usually stay a few days then leave again for an unknown destinatic In the vieinity of these air bases, and not in Budapest, are the real Russian military headquarters. The resort place of Bujaepuszta especially has been for two years now the eenter of high Russian military activities. Hotels and the entire area is taken over by the Soviet headquarterse Telephon and telegraph wires have been leid in great number. Circulation of Russian military cars and planes — is intense. Very strict control by road bloeks and patrols has been established: even farmers living in the region are constantly stopped and searched. A similar concentration of high-ranking Russian military officials is reported from Szombathely in the Westermmost part of the country. They came only in April, simul@e@neouhiy with the general movement that transferred from those same border areas the troops to the South-West of Budapest. This newly established Szombathely headquerter had previously been stationed for two years in Austria, in the vicinity of Vienna, and has now been taken over the border into the first city on Hungarian soildg To sum up the Russian moves: Troops have been re-inforeed from the West and not, as up to now, from the East. They were transferred further to the East, that is away from the Austrian border to the area of Budapest. Headquarter and air foree activities have also been strongly inereased. They have three main centers: Szombathely-and Papa in the West, Keeskemet in the center, Debrecen in the East, But not only Russian headquarters, troops and air force are speeding up preparetion and concentration, Hungary itself has also bee ordered to start a tremendous military effort. Since April all reserve officers have been recalled for a three-months active training period, that is carried out in camps all over the country. At the same time several thousand workérs from Hungarian factories have been asked to "“vyolunteer" for officers‘ training courses. News telli a
