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CREST [1]
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CIA-RDP96-00792R000400470001-2
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November 4, 2016
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October 27, 1998
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Like giant chessmen, mad-tack pigeon tozvm dot the landscape near Isfahan (following pages). Built in the 1 nth cenhn_? by melon farmers, each of thevvr avian high rises collected and stored natural fertiliser from as many as ;L,000 live-in pigeons, which raided out ' ing wheat fields. Today, their glory acs ended by chemical fertilizers, the tot; era are neglected and largely empty.
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