- f Authorily AU I 0 Tbla m er16 l OOotal u II U s C It a o d 1M ecUo UI N tlonal DefcllM of the Ualted SLate _lthl o th' metaln 01 the pion La_ nu t '_ OIl or f'e'O elaUoo o r _ h leb In a n lJI a o nu to an un' uthorl e'd penoQ prohlbltad bJ la_ COUNTRY REPORT NO SUBJECT DATE DIST 13 March 1957 7 NO PAGES DATE OF INFO qyg 70 CJ REQUIREMENT NO RD E025xl GA PLACE OATE ACQ SOURCE EVALUATIONS ARE DEFINITIVE APPRAISAL OF CO NTENT IS TENTATI VE V c1flSsijinl Authority 3546 By DorothJ' Jolmson Vat 02-08-2017 STAn IN FOR MAT ION W 33546 II REP 0 RT' I NJ 0 R M 'AJ 0 N 1 Docld 31432115 REP 0 RJ ' I-- -- - VU L ' n 11 '1't 70 cwo AutIk fity t P II P I R 1 REPORT NO IIC- 9B 2 DEFECTOR RECEPTION CENTER COUNTRY Hungnry SUBJECT Obae rva t lon or Two Sov ie t UOlll o W4l1'aro FUlla DATE Of INfORMATION cS-tJOB 294 DATE DISTR NO Of PAGES REFERENCES J un e 1956 PLACE ACQUIRED THIS IS UNEVALUATfO IN'O 'ATION SOURCE DS-7 46 11 o B _ 1 c HI n borD In 19 12 In J olkl' YO I H- E IfJ-OO Clecno i lo vilkla H cl a 1ml t o ha ve a rvl d i n r o Bun -ulun 9 th ohan l oo d Dlvlelon Beadquartor a t Koo o t h I T I 46- 4GBP E 17-15 the d l v1 81on' l a tant te ohn ic al officer fr oe 10 1955 until hi de t ec t ion 0 0 4 No vem ber 1956 ro Saptecber 1950 to Der-e mbl r 19 5 he attended e ngi ne er i n unl v r lt oo I n NI kale R 48- 06 E 20-47 ad Buda pe t under t he Bun r1 D D c mb r ROTC progrUl and ITwl a t e d aa an army tec hn ical engi n er At the aUK u o o h waa CCJlZUI1'lI l cned o l i eu tonant of the ea g1 nee r braz ch Source nas eplcl al o l o o tatu qualifyi ng him for early entry i nlo the Unlt e States Beca us e of t he t i me l imit i mposed no normal e tabllshment ot tena r des has been ade 1nf oraa t oD a d ve r ely a 'eehn EUR aoure rid ee wi ll b r e port ed Attached i a r eport pr pa r ed bT h Arm7 unit a DRC It io ci rcu lat ing wi th i n t he De partme nt ot the GBPrmy ae Re port Wo 146-A-20 24 and i a part i al ano o o r to USAREUR ICM 1-19- 55 C-o-I-r-I-D-E-I-T-I-A-L NN' 33546 Docld 31432115 reb 6 1 7 r DECL- SSIFIED Authority ' tJ% - IPr I 2 In IIlL _ _ m -1 K- CS-3 308 294 RC-J982 Partial Answer to USAREIlR ICM 1-19-55 OBSERVATIONS ON TWO SOVIET ATOMIC llWARE FIIJo S Introduction This report outlines a sequ nce of sceneo Souro r mbers them t'rom tvo fims ahovn in July 1956 Th film vere shown in the Ministry of Def_n _ buUding in BUDAPEST to bout 50 selected Soviet and Hungarian offic rs including Source They depicted tvo al leged Soriot atm1 n expl a-ions One rUm -shoved an alleged 11g ound burst the other an all g d night air hurst Both film l8re-an ent and the scenes vere narrated by' an Wlknown Soviet Arrrr7 officer No one vas permitted to take notea The fUma ver olaaa1f'i d S cr t Source could not deduce any detailed 1nformation on tactical d1spoation or equipment becau oo the sc ne shovsd only individual shots of hicle aircrart and troopa advancing vithout hoving di po ition or frontage The narrat10n did not cover troop strength 1 Time Plac and Attendance of ShOVing In July 1956 Sourc attended the hoving of tvo secret films in the Ministry of Defense building in BUDAPSS'l' concerning tvo all god Sovi t atomic explosion oo Approximately 50 per ons attended among them approximat ly 10 un1d ntified Soviet officers ranJca unremembered who were technical advisers to various Hungarian Army units the remainder of the personnel were HungarIan A rrrry of ric ere t'rom the staff of the III and VI Sourc ' s Corps and subordinate division taff including the 9th and J2d Rine DiVisions hi own parent unit Se Annex A tor A list of officers Source remembered as attending Source attended in his capacity as 9th Division Technical offic r 2 D l Im Both films were sUent black and whIte and each vas approximately tour hours or rrcEt r vbo spoke Hungarian auentl narrat ed 8S the rUms 'Were shown and conducted a critiQue tolloving the f11ms Both films were shown the same day either 14 or 15 July 1956 Source aid not kncw if this was the first shoving 1n Hungary nor hsd he e r heard of the fUma a being avaUable for showing Source dld not know the dates of the films where they orIginated or where they vera stored lorig ' A Sov1'e t -Army a S ne of he lo81on8 The area in whtch the f'Ums were made was not specified but the Soviet narrator told the group as the picture started that the eame troops participated in both fUms and that they comprised tvo unspecified mechanized divisions Source described the terrain shown In the demonstration area aa resembling the terrain between ic BUDAPEST and VIENNA in Austria Source as UJDOd th rUms were made in the 8 J1'1'11Mr beoause ot the appearance or the vegetation and surround 1ng wooded area b Sequence of Sc nea in the Daylight Surface Bur t Film This ia the title as Source remembered it ATO fI'AHADAS NAPPOLVEIlELHIRENDSZER KIEPITESE Atomic Attaok During Da yl1ght -Structur of CBR Defense C B iF Dr HRfI L NW# 33546 Docld 31432115 - t C t IVdf I' jj EIfl 71L r ' 3 DECL- ssIFIW-' Authorily 'i'Yge zo c 308 294 RC-3982 Following is the sequence of scenes explo ion a Source remembered it in the f11m showing the daylight l Pre- xplosion Preparation Ian Ion ' Unidontified Soviet troops vere etaUoned - in - trenehes fiV9 to eV9n bott g appro IC unately one meter vide at the top and 20 to 30 em wide at the VOod ' p kaPrr x elY 1 10 m' deep The sides of the trench were lined with be s anks and unidentified art111ery pieces were in bunkers hind the entrenched troops Trenches were approrimately f to 12 km from anticipated grounrl zero Troops participAting 1n the demonstration wore conventional un1f orms topped by rubber protective l ots which reaclted to the crotch rubber gloves gas masks Sch1em-I and a protective cape l ' The target area had buildln s and mock constructions made o various materials to simulate s City Vnrious types of equipment including T-34 tanlcs trucks and m-til1ery pieces all manned by dummies were scattered throughout the target area There was also a simulated airfield 1n the t rget area vlth two unlnentlfied aircraft Dummies wearing the conventional field uniform with all items of personal equipment including sma ll arms vere placed in prone posi tions 'n the surface of the ground in and around the target aree Source did not ee any animals In the f 1l m An aerla1 viev of the entire area 1ncluding the positions of the troops vas shown prior to the alleged bomb drop Troops vere not told the expected time of explosion however they vere warned that an alert would be sounded The alert vas given through t he normal chain of' command by telephone 2 The Explo ion An tmknown number of unldentiGBPied planes approached the target area with en unidentified two-engine plane following t he formation The Soviet officer narrating stated that the two-en ined plane which supposedly dropped the bomb 'as nying at approximat ely 12 000 meters and that the alleged bomb to be dropped was a medlum -s1zed bomb The Sov1et narrator told the group that this was to be a surface burst and that there were three other-type burstsl subaurrace alr and Wlderwater which he din not deBer t he ftD ther When the alleged bomb exploded there wao a br11liant nuh of lIght olloved by a large column or smoke rising in the a1r forming a mushroom cloud Tbe narrator stated that th1s particular explosion caused complete destruction within a radius of approxi ately three to four km The film then shoven aerial scenes of the various tiree and damage done to the sImulated c1ty airfield vehicles and equipment 1n the target area It continued to show various degrees of destruction radiating outward trom grounn zero back to the troop emplacement However Source could not estimate distances in relation to the damage done nor vas an 1nf'ormatlon given by the nar tor c Post-Xxplo ion Activities A formation of an unknovp number of unidentified planes approached the target area and allegedly dropped practice bombs and allegedly fired conventional rockets in the target area The Soviet narrator told the group that the e bombs arrived apprOXimately 15 to 20 minutes following the alleged atom bomb explosion their purpo e being to simulate hampering or pr8VRnting recovery messures C t c DEACT fl L I I I NW# 33546 DocId 31432115 II DECUSSIFIED Authority N '74% 70 C fflrF f p' T IlL 4 'K- CS-3 308 294 RC-3982 The ocene then hiftod to th t equipment vere located ArtUl 0 ronchoo and bunker whore the mon and appeared and moved err opened tire on the targot are f-34 tank other protective 1 tom d t a t troops lott tho trenche vi th goo mash and tho vard o e a VII fho mounted tho tank th moved tor- far fbe tank appro obod to o point allegodl 8 D fro ground lero An unJmovn number ot bulldoserl then Ippear d and tarted _aping the top IUl'tlce ot the ground moVing torvard betveen tho tanke in a line ot 0011l1li0 tovarde ground zero 'oot troops vere ahovn in oldnni h tormatlon tarting toward ground fho Soviet narrator told tho group that the oo troopo vere going torward approximatel 45 minute otter tho bulldo r had poooo d following tho pothe through the aroa made b7 the bulldozor on the ourfaco of the ground in uni- dentit10d truck w1th a container of allogod chloride of 11Il10 eolution appeared and tva mon lIere bollb dooontaminating a tonk pra1ing trOll bo which lI re attached to the eolution contain r Source ootimatod tho capaoit of tho container to be about 3 000 liter oo oro ll Radioactivit Monitoring fo The tUm then bowed o two-man mOnitoring ta lll gOiDg forwerd earing rubber aul ts On man oarried an unidontifiod inetrulllOnt to meaouro the radioactivity and tho other lIIan carried In unideDtified pack radio Source could not further d ecribe this inetrumont or the outt the vere not shovn clos _up Th in trumont tor moaouring radioactivity had bulh OD it which allegedly lit up vhen radloaetlvit1 vae pre ent and a meter scale which gave the radioactIvl intensity in roentgens The man operating the instrument passed his readings on to the radio man who relayed the readings to an un laJovn destination As this team went torvard they earr1ad Il rubber rug to 11e on while taking th ir roadingl Tho Soviet narrator told tho group that 150 roentgene vould cau e d ath 110 further information This tvo-fllan lont toring team also marked the contandnated area ueing diamond-shaped nag mounted on a ltick or pole Yellow flogl vere u ed ror hoaoy oODt lllination intensity unknovn red tor IIIlld contamination intenlity unknown and white tor no eontM ination The narrator also tated that ' piloo of earth prarod with vhito paint or vh1towash oould be u ed to d lilll1t a clear area 2l All Clear At the comlnd all oloor e gnal unkncvnl troops vere abow oatenaibl valking toward the rear and being met b7 unid ntified dooont lllination troops The troope who partieipated in the demonstration unmasked undressed and shovered uaing o shower lmit mounted on a 215 151 truclc After hovsring troop were issued olean uniforn While the troops vere shovertag a squad ot eix or sevon mon decont lllinated small arm and equiPllllnt b7 praying them vith chlorid of lima ' Th Soviet narrator told the group thot o cb battalion in the Soviet Armyohod a aquad of decontamination apeciolilt vho operated ahollOr unita and decontaminetod equ1pn nt ce4'r-tD t J fll rJ I NWII 33S46 Docld 3143211S PI - DECL4 SSIFIED Authority AI4JJ r491 70 0rr F7 EI'ti I 'ijt 5 KCS- 3 308 294 RC-39B2 d Alleged Night Air Burst The title as shown vas ATOMI'A W AS ESTlOR-VE lELMlJ ENDS l R IITEPlTESE Atomic Attack at Night-Structure of CBR Defans According to the narrator the rUm showing the night exercises was conducted in th sam area approximAtel ' rive to Seven kUometers from the 9i te of the da ' l1ght explosion lie did not mention which explosion came first or what time had e1ap ed betveen filmings He noted no telltale evidence of destruction in either film prior to the shoving of the burst to indicate an earlier explosion The ame prel1minllr ' preparations VSre made ror the night exercises as for the da ' l1ght exsrcises The alleged bomb vas an air burst detonated approximate1 ' 300 meter from the ground The Soviet narrator stated that the nighttimB explo ion cau ed 50 percent lIK're complete destruction outward from ground zero than the surface burst the had seen in the firet fUm The same sequ nc of event that ver shown olloving the e oslon in the first film were repeated in the second film however more time vas gi van to shOlling tanks maneuvering in the demonstrstion area than in the first film No further information The Soviet narrator told th group that the heat of the ground direct1 ' under the air burst vas one million degrees Centigrade o Critique The folloving questions were asked during the critique atter the showing of the fUms All the an8 lera vere given b - the Soviet officer vho had narrated the film Q How long a period vould be needed for complete deeontaminatloD of a radioactive area A Eight monthe for any type of burst Q Haw lo a period would be needed for an individual to recover radioactive burns f rom A The medical people are vorking on this Q When v111 the USSR equip the Hungarian Army vith atomic veapons A In due time The Soviet narrator finished the critique b - telling the group that the Satellites need not vorry about atomic veapens since the USSR would destroy any nation using atomic weapons first 8lIF lJut'T 14 L NW# 33546 Docld 31432115 -- DECL SSIFIED Authority N c4 'lyq 70 '--- '_ _ _--1 COt fRJ A'TIf L 6 K- C5-3 308 294 RC-J982 Fo1 0ving is an incomplete list r u __ posltii ih comprising all those vh arian officer by nlllllO grade and of the tvo tllme on atomic e rc e ce remembered who attended' the h 'ing 7 VI Corps Headquarters l B pgolt1on KEMENl 1 Bdla SZOSZNYAK Sandor VIRAG Gyul a CSIZMADIA Ula BIRO Ferencz Col Capt Lt Col Sr Lt Col Chief' ot Start' Technical A elatant to CO CorPi Amt r Oftlcer Alat Annor corp ' Off ArtUlery Statr 9th Rine DiVision Lt Col Lt Col Major Major Capt Capt Lt Col Major Major Capt Major Major FBJES Lsjoa FEfU X ZI Florlan ZSIROS Balazs TATRAI Gyul a SZIKI Gyul a RAKOS Sandor RACZ J anal BORKA Zeltan GUeSI latv TOTH Sandor REVESZ J 6zsef VARGA 1st ' Ed Rlfle Division Col Sr Lt MOOR tnu SSREGI J6zaef' 1 Interrogator Co nt s Nwi 3 3546 Commanding Officer Deputy to CO Chief t ArtUlery Political Deputy Signal Chief Quartermaster Chi r CO 32d Rifle Regiment CO 33d Rlfle Regiment CO 38th Rin e Regiment CO 32d Artillery RegimOnt CO 27th Tank Regiment CO 68th Engineer Battalion Commanding Officer Technical Ofricer Sourc could give no additional details on the ite of equ1pnent Docld 314321 15 -                     National Security Archive    Suite 701  Gelman Library  The George Washington University    2130 H Street  NW  Washington  D C  20037    Phone  202 994‐7000  Fax  202 994‐7005  nsarchiv@gwu edu