SOVIET BORDER AND COASTAL OBSERVATION POSTS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A005501050008-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 1, 2007
• Sequence Number: 8
• Publication Date: January 26, 1955
• Content Type: REPORT

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Maw Soviet Border and Coastal Observation
Posts a-n aaTR. 26 January 1955
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P e`A et military observation posts coated near the Iranian border cove +
arse frOK the mush of the Altars River up to ean4maniu r the
watchtowers a constructed of iron and are managed and operated by a re ?e
.and systematic program. he observation post is a rectangular room with three
ot four openings which aft used for observation. It is connected to the respective
border past by telephone. The root is construct d of wood and is 1.30 meters long
and 1.25 enters wide. Usually there are two, or occasionally three, Soviet soldiers
in every o~servstion post.. One of the soldiers is engaged second aoldi+skwrites down everythiing which is dictat to his by thetfst observer.
Those sot
drs are replaced by new ones once in two hours.
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h
ter ra in the coastal area is : the exception that the height of the watch.
less than that of the Posts
erected farther inland,
the height Of the fox-nor does not exceed eight meters fflu_
Prom military point of view, the structure of the coastal observation
similar to that of the border installations exists posts is
ng along the land boundaries be
twsen the Soviet Union sand Iran it
g
the posts of'.Zalleh+ pe as well as inland Observation posts. However,
h (Sic) and Astara are we11 equipped, and the observers
are alert and vigilant.
, Soviet- s do not attach
Ah i. vrtanc+e to watchtowers along the Caspian coast, since they have naval units
patro,ling cc uitsnntly in the vicinity of the coastal
are z of worried .shout hostile and powerful area. 111, naval units in the Caspian Sea the which ~viets
might Cause trope for the Soviet naval forces and coastal installations.
Observers stationed in the watchtowers of the coastal area can su
Of =17 f4Ur,*r five .kilomteg rs. The observation posts of Qizil . a distance
lankoran are not e
tti d j , Port Pic,
anexs~lly with the duty of. 'x'~spoftin, the arrpw. ~E SQL~5~ ~~4+9-50) are . charged
2. Soviet Ad.litary observation posts situate
Soviet d along the coast of the Caspian Sea
Aetara (N 3?-28, B g-5i2) nor'thvard t B from
as towers are built of
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
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