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Proposal for the Construction of Fortifications on the Country's Southern Border

8 Nov 1950
Description: This proposal discusses different possibilities for the construction of fortifications on Hungary's southern and southwestern borders. It examines the costs and material requirements for building such a system of bunkers and fortifications along an expected 230-kilometer frontline. The author of the proposal is Lieutenant-General István Bata, Chief of the Hungarian General Staff. The suggested measures are based on fears of an attack by Yugoslavia on Hungary. However, according to a note at the end of the paper, the minister of defense rejected the proposal to build permanent structures and opted for field fortifications.

Collection: War on Tito's Yugoslavia?

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Document Type: Proposal
Origin (Agency): Organizational Directorate of the Hungarian General Staff
Sender: István Bata, Chief of the Hungarian General Staff
Destination (Agency): Hungarian Ministry of Defense
Recipient: Mihály Farkas, Hungarian Minister of Defense
Language of Original Document: Hungarian
Translators: László Ritter
Number of Pages: 8
Cold War Period: 1950s
Persons: Bata
Document Source: War History Archives, Budapest
Call Number: Papers of the Secretariat of the Ministry of Defence MN 1956/T 26/12

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