CIA Reading Room cia-rdp82-00457r003800170002-4: TRAINING OF SOVIET ENGINEER TROOPS

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CUIATRY SLI3JECT 25X1 PLACE ACQUIRED Hungary cJss11tLen1 w 141-MattilliRig APProveyfafo_efft.F_N_ _ . AL EIRM8K17 FC) PSi /nil 0Kt Pi -aPOT CD N0. DATE DISTR., 29 No 49 140, OF PAGES 2 Training of Soviet Engineer Troops DATE OF INFO. 25X1 25X1 25X1 0002-4 NO. OF ENCLS. (LISTED 3ELOw) SUPPLEMENT TO REPORT NO, Fr77'. ma '7:occult= con713(113 INTODUATIDO Avracnor3 tIATIONALOCFAUSE OP T4,12 UNITAS GUMS tilF0IIA TUC ISTAMILIS TOS ESPIODAON ACT DO D. D.C.. Se Ai.40 32. A3 A41.1:4060. IT5TDROA0T3St011 OD 11314 PgriLivrioto OF ITS CGAT3TI7D i2AIN IRRO:121 TO Ali DIV.:willow-aim Puncits 111 ezo-rits1 Lx:o. ver.PRODUCTiCti 'ca3 F,432.1 IS /P001:161T2D. \e/4 ' " 1%4 ? 4.4' IS UNEVALUATED INFOFalIATION Tiszelq: (R49/Xbel ? The Taezaldk Schlose, which housed trainees of the Rungarian 26 Mountain Infantry and Armored Engineer Division during the war, revert 'd to the netion in :1.945 and was held by a state administrator until early June laea- At that time it ras taken over by the Soviet 47 ItInganeet Weaning Battalion.: b, Led by Colonel Alexander Dumbanov (48-50 years old), the troope of thin unit are all Mongolians, recent draftees aged 18-2e, who are :Leann-ing to mpeak, read, and write the Russian language, Both EM and NGO's are restricted to cemp, Officers on pats generalla visit Debrecen 048/ e This unit drills almost daily, emphasis being placed on prefabricaeoe br5eige construction, Three companies lay a bridge across the Tisza in approximately ea manutes. Other equipment includes several heavy truekra, aliout 50 horses brought from the USSR, and an unspecified number of heavy tanks, each mounting two guns, used for training purposes ,Z9sEl6na.gprd 049/t89) a, Since May :048, the Soviet 306 Military Engineers Training School has been located in Zempl6nagard, n village on the Tisza and close to the Cseeh and Soviet borders, It has 8,000-9,000 inhabitante, including 500 gypsies, b. The school's permanent party consists of about 80 officers, led by Colonel Chatovicho whose wife in a uniformed major attached to an MVD unit in Sktoraljaujhely e?B49/E50), Chatovich is bout 4a years old, 180 cm tall, stouta.blackehaired, and has a crooked nose. Re has three sons, aged 6, a0 and la. The staff includes four captains, three of 10012, have their dependents with them. ca Each course rune for nine monthse.Students at the presena, second course are 600-800 VonFoltril,, who PrTlle f:ir!Rt 1.r1 411,7red (R4/40P) and were transferred to ZemplAnagard at the beginning of 1949 CONFIDENTIAL CLASSIFICATION .8fiertrith. ISTATE NAW NSRE3 I 1 DISTRIBUTION T j --d -I a ARMY j ?AIR # ag213.1.:73. 1 1. i . 1 I I ___ i IThis document la hereby regraded to CONFIDENTIAL. In accordance with the tatter of 18 October 1078 from the Director of Central Intelligence to the Archivist of the United States. Next RiRogisigigWelease 2003 ?? 25X1 25X1 Approved For ReleasCONMENTRA182-00457R003800170002-4 CENTRAL INTELLIGUICE AGCI - 2 - 25X1 c?t Squipment includes rifles, light and heavy MOs,