MILITARY ACTIVITY IN TURKMEN SSR AND IN THE TRANSCAUCASUS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R005900710006-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 23, 2003
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: October 11, 1950
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY USSF
CONFIDENTIAL
SUBJECT Military Activity in Turkmen SSR and. in the
Transcaucasus
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February and May 1950
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L, In Turkmen SSE in February 1950 the Soviets had two divisions in the neigh-
borhood of Ashkhabad and two more divisions in the vicinity of Mary (Merv)
Transc_aucn.sus - gbru rry 1910
2? In February 1950, the Soviets had five divisions in the Transcaucasus area
opposite the Iranian borderrlocated as followsa
ao One division in Nakhichevan
bo Two divisions in Kirovabad
;., One division in Baku
d, One division in Lenkoran
Transcaucasus - rta, r Ill, 2
.3, It has been reported that in May 1950 the Soviet Union !tad 250,000 troops
in the area south of the Caucasus Mountains to the Turkish and Iranian
borders. Twelve divisions of these 250,000 troops were supposedly in
Azerbaidzhan.
A reserve army of undetermined size reportedly was north of the mountains
near the Caspian Sea.,
5, More troop concentrations were noted in the Leninakan area of Armenian SSE
in May 1950 than previously. This included one parachute division of about
1,700 ;ieno
6 A cavalry unit was re is rtedly stationed near Yerevan.
7, One parachute division was reported at Tbilisi.
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This document Is hereby regraded to
CONFIDENTIAL in accordance with the
letter of 16 October 1978 from the
Director of Central Intelligence to the
Archivist of the United States.
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