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Report by the Deputy Prime Minister (Lajos Fehér) to the HSWP Political Committee on the State of the Hungarian People's Army and the Long-Term Objectives of the Development of the Armed Forces

Subject: State of the Hungarian People's Army and the Long Term Objectives of the Development of the Armed Forces
30 Aug 1963
Description: This report on the meeting of the Committee for National Defense of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party (HSWP), held in June 1963, discusses the state of the Hungarian People's Army and the long-term objectives for its development. The committee concludes that the targets set until 1962 have been accomplished. The modernization of the national air defense infrastructure is seen as a crucial task, and most of the available resources have been allocated to upgrading it. In case of an armed confrontation, the authors' assessment is that the material reserves of the Hungarian armed forces would only be sufficient for the first days of war.

Collection: Hungary and the W'Pact

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Document Type: Report
Sender: Lajos Fehér, Hungarian Deputy Prime Minister
Destination (Agency): HSWP Political Committee
Language of Original Document: Hungarian
Translators: Andreas Bocz
Number of Pages: 4
Cold War Period: 1960s
Persons: Fehér
Document Source: Hungarian State Archive (MOL), Budapest
Call Number: MOL M-KS-288.f. 5/312 ö.e.

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