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The Katpol, an abbreviation for ''Katonapolitikai Osztály'' (Military Political Department in Hungarian), and it was the main security agency of the Ministry of Defence in Hungary from January 1945 until its break-up in 1950. ==Creation== In the first months of 1945, the Interim Government of Hungary, that time based in Debrecen, started to reorganize the Ministry of Interior, the police and the state security agencies, as part of the democratization of Hungary. The 40th Department of the Ministry of Defence was formed at the end of February 1945, as a military security agency. Its mission was to search and arrest those who committed military or war crimes, to screen and verify the officers of the former Royal Hungarian Army, to assess the remained military industrial capability of the country, to search the lost military equipments taken by the Germans or the Szálasi Government and to provide a close protection for the Defence Minister. General János Vörös, Defence Minister of Hungary wrote to Kliment Voroshilov, the chairman of the Allied Control Commission on 12 March 1945: "I ask for your kind permission to organize the Military Offensive and Defensive Political Department inside the Ministry of Defence. (...) Its goal would be the fight against the fascist and reactionist activity inside the army, to hinder the enemy's intelligence activities, and to gather information from the occupied territories."〔http://mek.oszk.hu/04900/04971/html/index.htm Ehrenberger Róbert:A béketábor magyar hadserege, I. fejezet 11. (The Hungarian Army of the Peace Camp), PETIT REAL Könyvkiadó,2001, 2010.09.21.〕 After the Allied Commission approved the plan, the Military Political Department established its central office with a counterintelligence unit, an intelligence unit, verifying unit (to screening and verifying the returning officers), guard unit, logistical unit and a personnel affairs unit. The department also had offices in every division, military district, at the border checkpoints and in the internment camps for the returning soldiers. Before the Paris Peace Treaty, under the circumstances of the era, when the Hungarian Army was not allowed to plan or act independently, the counterintelligence activities became the most important part of the military, as they meant an easy way to influence the composition of the future officer corps.〔http://www.abtl.hu/html/hu/_11_1_intezmeny_tort.html Cseh Gergő Bendegúz: A magyarországi állambiztonsági szervek intézménytörténeti vázlata 2003.10.01. (2009.10.18.)〕 György Pálffy was appointed as the leader of the newly established agency and with this decision the new agency came under the control of the Hungarian Communist Party. Pálffy was a former military officer, who resigned his commission in 1939, partly because of his anti-Nazi sentiments, but also because of her wife was from a Jewish family. Károly Beregfy, the later pro-Nazi Defence Minister, who was Pálffy's commander told him, that Pálffy would have a splendid career, if he would divorce "that Jewish whore". After a brief confrontation Pálffy left the army, and started to work in a factory, where he became a member of the illegal Communist Party. In 1944 he became the chairman of the Military Committee of the Communist Party and took part in the resistance movement in Budapest.〔http://www.mno.hu/portal/14286 Stefka István:Az örök katona (Király Béla élete fordulatairól és feladatairól)Magyar Nemzet, 2000-10-28 access date:2009.08.05.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Katpol」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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