Official Communication by Lieutenant-General M. F. Tikhonov, Soviet Chief Military Adviser, to Colonel-General István Bata, Hungarian Minister of Defense, on the Participationby Senior Hungarian Officers in a Soviet Operational Staff Command Exercise29 May 1956 |
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This letter from Soviet Chief Military Advisor Lieutenant-General M. F. Tikhonov to Hungarian Minister of Defense István Bata contains information on the bilateral operational command staff exercise (24 June - 6 July 1956) that was to be carried out on the territory of the Carpathian Military District - Shepetovka - Mogilev - Podolsk - Kiev. Participation in the field exercise, involving communications equipment, was expected of commanders, chiefs of staff, and the higher-ranking officers of major ground and air defense units of the Soviet, Romanian, and Hungarian armies.
Collection: 1965 War Game
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Letter Origin (Agency): Hungarian General Staff Sender: Lieutenant-General M. F. Tikhonov, Soviet Chief Military Adviser Recipient: Colonel-General István Bata, Hungarian Minister of Defense Language of Original Document: Hungarian Number of Pages: 3 Cold War Period: 1950s Persons: Tikhonov, Bata |
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Document Source: War History Archive, Budapest; Hungarian People's Army Headquarters Call Number: First Group Directorate 1956 Box 17/a, Pages: 160-161 |