SOVIET ACTIVITY ALONG THE IRANIAN BORDER

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008500120008-1
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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 14, 2000
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: August 29, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL. INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO. _
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY UIMR/Iran
SUBJECT Soviet Activity along the Irani-an Border
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The following; is a sumrcaary of Soviet military activity and traffic; along
the Iranian border for the week ending 16 August 1951?
1, TTotal east and westbound rail traffic for the following posts was,. Pol
Dasht* 64 trains, Dzhulfs, 51 trains; Sia Rud, 47 trains; Xhuda Afarin,
23 trr,ins; and Lutf. abad, 121 trains
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The following loada were transported by ,the above-Misted train,. `when'
dates are nct specified,, the total for thEv week is meant)
a,. Yerevan to Nakhichevart, Construction materials, coal, kerosene, trucks,
autos, and four 75 mm puns,
1. D hulfa to Nakhichcvan: 16 August, two trains composed of 14 passenger
cars, 27 boxcars, two tank cars, and six gondolas carrying bricks, posts,
and iron,
c. D2hulf a to Ordubad, and probably Baku: forty-eight cars carrying one
regiment of soldiers o
d, Nakhi.chev-an to Yerevan.: .14 August, two trains composed of 41 boxcars,
22 gondolas carrying coal, iu aber, and 22 trucks; two trains composed
of 14 passenger cars, 2~ boxcars, and 12 gondolas carrying. 33 trucks;,
eo Ordubad to Dzhulfa: 16 august, two passenger trains camso}nerd of 14
cars each; three trains cor..posed of _? boxcars, 25 tank cars, and 17
gondolas a 17 .August, two trairis composed of 14 cars; three trains
composed of 74 boxcars, 20 tank cars, and 11. gondolas; one train.
composed of 25 boxcars, five tank cars, and two gondolas; three trains
of unknown wake-up at night a
f ,. Dzhulfa to Ordubad.,? 16 tugust, three trains com1;oaed of 66 boxcars a five
passenger cars, and 14 empty gondola;; five trains of unknown make-up
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,, Soviet loco. ,otive pulling 23 care each time, made four trips
bringing cement from Soviet Dzhuifa to Iranian Pzhulfa,
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Soviet road traffic in the frontier regions included the following:
a. Dahulfa to Ordubad, and probably Baku: Eleven trucks and six jeeps carry-
ing 100 soldiers (sic); 32 trucks; two ambulances; two 75 mm guns; one
anti-aircraft machine gun.
b. Nakhichevan to Dzhulfa, and Dzhulfa to Nakhicheian: 512 trucks and about
1,000 soldiers,
c. Five truckloads of soldiers, two trucks carrying two anti-aircraft
machine guns,, and 30 soldiers on motorcycles arrived at the village
of Dasht in the Sia Rud sector, coming from Ordubad,> These troops
arrived in this area for the purpose of conducting maneuvers. This
is the first occasion on which maneuvers have been held in this area.
d. Motorcycle patrols have been added in the Sia hud areas
e. Total road traffic 'in the Lenkoran-Astara area included 310 trucks,, 214
carts, 53 jeeps, and six trucks carrying foodstuffs, construction
material, communication material, arms, ammunition, and 596 soldiers.
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