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COMMUNICATIONS (S) (Continued)
- Highways: 18,360 mi.; 11,048 mi. paved, 6,558 mi. crushed stone or gravel, 754 mi. earth (1970)
- Pipelines: Crude oil, 500 mi.; refined products, 180 mi.; natural gas, over 1,200 mi.
- Inland waterways: 1,320 mi. (1972)
- Freight carried: Rail—129.8 million short tons (1971), 14.0 billion short ton/mi. (1971); highway—492.0 million short tons, 4.7 million short ton/mi. (1971); waterway—15.4 million short tons, 1.9 billion short ton/mi. includes international transit traffic (1971)
- River ports: 2 principal (Budapest, Dunaujvaros); no maritime ports; outlets are Rostock, East Germany, and ports in Poland (1972)
- Civil air: 21 major transport aircraft (1972)
- Merchant marine: 18 cargo ships (1,000 GRT or over) totaling 33,061 GRT, 45,038 DWT
- Airfields: 61 total; 13 with permanent-surface runways; 17 with runways 8,000-11,999 ft., 20 with runways 4,000-7,999 ft.
- Telecommunications: Services meet most government and industrial requirements, but local public telephone service is inadequate; ratio and TV broadcasts can be received throughout most of the country; 11 AM, 4 FM stations, more than 2.5 million receivers; 1 major and 10 relay TV stations, 1.9 million TV receivers; 873,194 telephones (99.4% automatic)
DEFENSE FORCES (S)
- Personnel: (estimated) Ground forces 90,000, naval forces 1,400, air force 6,000, frontier guard 20,000, interior troops 15,000; Soviet ground force troops in Hungary as of 1 October 1972, 50,000
- Personnel in reserve (not on active duty): (estimated) Ground forces 690,000, naval forces 2,800, air force 40; (estimated pilot reserves, additional 60-70 pilots and 110 other aircrews from civil aviation
- Major ground units: 6 divisions (4 motorized rifle, 2 tank), 1 SCUD (SS-1) tactical missile brigade, 4 regiments (3 artillery, 1 antiaircraft artillery), 1 airborne battalion
- Ships: 19 river patrol types, 42 minesweepers, 2 landing craft, 2 auxiliaries, 58 service craft
- Aircraft (operational): 163 (137 jet); 137 jet fighters, 2 turboprop transports, 7 prop transports, 12 turbine helicopters, 5 piston helicopters
- Missiles: 14 SA-2 SAM sites (84 launchers); 3 SAM regiments (13 SA-2 SAM battalions); National SA-2 force capability is increased by the presence of 2 operational SA-2 sites and 6 operational SA-3 sites which are subordinate to Soviet Southern Group of Forces (stationed in) Hungary. Deployment of SA-4 (6 SA-4 battalions) is now in progress for defense of Soviet forces
- Supply: Produces small arms, ammunition, explosives, light artillery, naval ships and craft, an armored reconnaissance vehicle, some trucks, chemical warfare defensive materiel and small quantities of agents, some types of electronic equipment; dependent upon Communist countries, primarily the U.S.S.R., for other military equipment including radar and missiles
- Military budget: For fiscal year ending 31 December 1972, 9.72 billion forints; about 4.5% of total budget
INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY (S)
- III Main Group Directorate (Intelligence and Security Services); Ministry of Interior (commonly referred to as the AVH); I Group Directorate of the III Main Group Directorate (Foreign Intelligence Service); II Group Directorate of the III Main Group Directorate (Counter-Espionage Service); VKF/II (or General Staff/II Vezerkari Fonokseg), Military Intelligence Service
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