1. SOVIET ACTIVITY AT BORDER POSTS ALONG THE NORTHWEST IRANIAN FRONTIER 2. SOVIET BORDER GUARD OFFICER PERSONALITIES

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• Publication Date: June 5, 1957
• Content Type: REPORT

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This material aontalae iaformatioa eIIeotins the Natioati Defense of the IInited States within the meaning of the EsplonaES Laws, 1Ytie
18, II.4.C. eeoe. 7iS and 7Y4, the transmiseion or revelation of which in any manner to sn unauthorised person !il prohibited by law.
COUNTRY i7SSR (Azerbayc
izhan SSR) REPO
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SUBJECT la Soviet; Act
ivity at I?order Posts DAT
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5 ~7une 1957
Along the I
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vorthwest :ire,:~.iaxi :Frontier
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Fo?? reports concer~,.ir:g Soviet activit alon the Soviet Irani. in the
Astara and I~amir. areas
2. '~hree of the reports cover rou~t:i_*~e Soviet border guard activity for the period
23 ~et.ober - 3 T~ov:aiber 196. _~:? a~~i.ditior...., the following information on roads
in ir,:cl~:d~a~7.e '. ~tac- asF,w 5c`~~!et,.__roa~ _~rl?.~.~h ~~,s__ ~,greesi ugon Tay the_ Frontier
c:cu?~lissior~. ~s.s ~hF~r_. fa:s?isht: ~, a.~~.~. t::r~e So?~.~:t officers arad soldiers who had
u~eer; wor~kirtig ti~~.:. i.t: ?~.s,~r:: :~_F,i't.
sa~eii :~ovie~t Gf,f. icers prest:r.~~tl~T sr2?wi_~a.~ o~ the: 't~order .
and liabramte,pr?,.~-'~'azaker;.i areas wPr~. d~~s~~axtded, names of
l5 Soviet offscFr.g who served in thF arf~, from 19-~ to 195 and names of
3. '?'he Pourt:~i report compilation of So~riet h~order guard
komerxdaturas a.~.~ me~~3 ior~:s tks.~t; i^ April 19,6 those for. the Ka].a. uti~ Ashchi,
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On 26, 27, 28. and 29 Oa~ober the fo130'rdnit obaarnat: ans vets ~ui~+ in c...r
atatlona o! Astara ~asdn Bilarud and Biledashi= - ~--
Jn 2F October, the Kia~' ? bir~hdq~ Aeta=''a xu illy. ~dnate+:i and
there wu Eons' soTiet ce],eosL~ talr civilians and Mr. Arlo f
xtio oaN to Ltai'a and partioipaLed in the feats. They left in
their Data, Antostrod 1'sol+otva 1~pee, at 1530 hours.
On the 28th of uetober at 1b00 hours ta+v loadod
lfit:l oil tins and ol+os,ed sous ear irn~ do~iet Astara tOAt 1110~~
station relasned to ~stara at 1800 haute.
haute a notorcrc a xith a eailDs~ oa~e f=''oe Alr_ahah to tt~e
gtation. It looked u if tr wiled to dl.stribute the wail : or the
soldiers of the station xhioi had bees sent by ttyeir r?Ltiv?8.
On 29 October txeata- Soviet ?oldles'e xith grown oordered hate anti
txo officers and a tiora xith ? ~ Nra aiag~g ~e sai_li trip
anthwnn behind the stall w ifor the o~elebrationaof ther7?-+ovemt-er
It seeds that the sinain8
day of the October 8evolutioo.
On l7 Octobes' th on? sergeant wre chasing
back the herds Tile s e rgean t
~~ ei-earit~s load ~ ~ officials.
'there xere aLo bro red~~ ~- the air, on this ev,ein~.
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in Le resting t0 ObN r+e and a ~~~ ~~ Deal z~ cis about i t t^.2'e vi 01131, .
Si.noe ?6 ootober Elie 8o~iels are builctingtleir new road w~lich has
w
On 28 and 29 ~b~' siac Sc~iwZ roelce~s sad earpentua xere builli.ng
on the nex statics Z1~e reason for building this nex
station oanstsvstion is only a
n.?e text sad se rA ? the pgrpos? o 0 o7'e ` (~ of Lh e
tii t? on i -, 're2'!T
been agreed upon b7' tM Border Qeswissioa. ~ f os7a a ne
rsn ions en or lheis ova benefit.
Ua 27 4rR~ober ai ?200 and 21roo heirs ~' ~ in theirl~d .e 'they
patrolling eland the roads, xith flub-ull~
~wre riding horsN sad liditK i1- pairs at a di stance of 50 As ~ : e
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On Z~6, 27, 28. ~ N DaAobe~ tea ~L ~ertat.on? xeee wade in t~~e
~+ t
stations of ...._"t~ ?~?
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On 26 4etober, tyre icing ~ ? bittirda~i maw xas ill~aad,nate d and
theta ~ASe loos 8oeie! oe]~M1h l~wtr oidlia~ns and ~ left in
nho ear !o Llara asd par'lieelN/b in the faasta.
their oaa~s, ~stos~d lblalw t~}ar, at 353 ho~?
On the 28sh of oalober a! L600 ~!a i~w loaded
xith oil aLaed Maw ear _~ a~~800 ~~~~~ ].400
?tatian. salawad ~ ~ lroe ?Lahah to tt-e
haute a ?o/er'a~alii! frith a ~ai11a~
Slatiaa. I! 1o~olced ar it !r tAN?i fa ~eleibate the wail for the
?oldieN es 1ba afaliw rhiM laid braar arse b7 tr'y' reLti?es.
On 29 Osteber lxenl~ Ooeist awldiaa" ~~ g=,em bordered hats and
tMO otfiaars and a ~~? dth ? tial, we~a datin6 the =iii ta:y
antheao behind tae ~latsoat ~Sab ?mldaaed until 1800 hours.
It wears that the singing tray !os !Le Nl,ebrations a~ the 7 N o~bsr
day of the Oetobes ia~to]utiw.
On 28 acrd !9 was adz ~'! raa~taeo aa~d ~=~~r mere building
on t~ra nex atalioa raaaoer for building this new
rialion omat:va~on is cn],7 a
pretext and eerw? ttre pn='pme cow g of th?
t~rooties people acrd tlr Satira~l. lea. !hi? oonr lion is yeti
xaa swaying load 1u ~4s? M on thi? eyeing.
There wra aLo Ma rN~ ~ia the air,
On 27 0K 'lfasyc
'CAS people say that in
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ouch ordenisatiar~e ari~t~ but it tiias net eoofirrd.
In the re~alala~ xoarrraiatoea w~aiNtiae-a thaoe are thirt~r to
rortt soldiers asd throe ottie~e.
Thw tol,~,,?i??? are na^ee e[ aeriet ati'ieere of eneh ca.a^na.eburaa
1. Ha,~ or xateiraalos 191 end 19r ? !s_ tba ?etan xo^~p~
2. !labor ~raa~ln~ ?1111 aei ~ - b te. ?etara
1~etoer.a ~-~oe.
j? M,~ or >ro~ -195= eat ?-~~~ ? L tM sera Xae~ndsnture
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4. I~la~or irliiia -1953 aid 1951r ? L the ~-etara Koawandantiara I~ril~ran
5. hta~or BnLr - 791r~ sad 1915 + L ttie ti aoradanlura.
6. Capt. ltiaaelo -1950 enr ~ ? ~ the ti dentara.
7. Lt. Qol. ~wranloe -.19Sp and 1lS~
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Capt. He 7955 sod 79~ ? Ia the Yo]sputi 1Ca...nd..tur..
9. Lt. Col. >~teelo~ - 391 sad X910 ? Lslv~ae xa^nandaatusa
]A. Mayor heraedt ? 1954 ant 195) ? Lalva~ Yarndantura.
11. Lt. Col. JaLnr1- 1153 ~d ]~- ? Icairee [ai^ranNrrtrsra.
1Z. Mayor ddaoer~ ? 195 eta 11511 ? MMan
7.j. Lt. CoL MaetY~rloar - 11511 ~t 7~ ? Ediebarlc 11o~r
lb. Lt. Col.. ~~ - 1951 ~ 195 xorndontnra.
15? Lt. Col Moha^iadel? ? 1951 to ~~ ? 1Wrraoad7l taro.
The fol].oviir~ are the Lrlre'~ratLora olrlMe'e Mho are worfcins in the
border I(aw-adent~ at peM~N'
1. Lt. Col. Ueeato~ ? LlN~at~iea Ottioar of the >~nl~ran Pont. Otfioi
M?kY re/ in the ?atat'a Ord 1!G-lraa Koww~ndant.
2. Mb or ? Istb~atder? 0tt'ioes of the ~nkeraa r'ront. Ofrice
shexi ~ !W the Viel~a and xal iaw^and~nt.
3? Capt. ~ - Intkiatlca Ott~eer e! the~keeaa boat. Ottiee in
the bra Bird ia1~e t.
!~. Cent. D ? Ia[re^atdw ose a! 1be ~ dcs*eu hunt. oltice is
? tiro Vtela eN ate Le~raedant.
S? Ool. ~ii~li ? Iataa~ratiew G~'lee~ et tae itisiehib DlLaavar lbgae
h~lee atl1A !a tir Z.Ka.d 9ba~atshin Karrradantura.
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;.a,~r Pavlch - Information Officer of L~r '' ri~'`ij ~patc':' ~.r
lrrr~tl~r Off1Q~ 111 th? ''skill sn
1Coawar- danbnr~.
7. Lt. Col. Zalat~aki~- Infarytion Offio~r of D~abr~il pYonteir
Offie~ in LM 1"~atrondli Xa~arldantura.
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