INDICATIONS OF RELAXATION OF SOVIET BORDER POLICY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A002000310002-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 1, 2002
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: August 6, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
INFORMATION REPORT
COUNTRY Iran/Soviet Union
Indications of Relaxation of
Soviet Border Policy
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This Document contains information affecting thr Na
tional Defense of the United States, within the rr can-
ing of Title 18, Sections 793 and 794, of the U.8. Cos +e, as
amended. Its transmission or revelation of its con :eats
to or receipt by an unauthorized person is prohisited
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twq squads, each lad. by a corporal and composse0
of 10 Iranian soldiers, were sent into the disputed Yed.i Ev ar border areal .2
to remove barbed wire Which had been strung by the Soviets in 1919..
2. The aimed detail returned with 23 coils Of wire,. said reported that Soviet
reaction from the Soviets and no protest has been filed with Iranian border
officials
guards nearby had set off colored. flares but did not fire at the Iranians.
In the $aw area a send. Iranian detail remlzved 15 coils of wire and 25 ae .al
posts while being obeer ed by "a any" of Soviet troops. There was no
1.1 j Co t.. This area,, a part of Iran., has been. occupied by Soviet
;fix' or many years. In past years Iranian. traps venturing into the
area have been mat with gunfire. This relinquishment without a protest
may indicate that the Soyieta have been ardertd to improve their relations
with the in the border area.
2 Coat. Y --Ai Evl .r is located approximately i 58.26, E k8-5o
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