RAILROAD TRAFFIC AND BORDER GUARD ACTIVITY IN THE VICINITY OF DZHULFA; ROCKET LAUNCH

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T00246A036500090001-7
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• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 9, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: August 21, 1957
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY USSR (Azerbaydzhan SSR)/Iran REPORT
SUIIUECT Railroad Traffic and Border Guard DATE DISTR. 21 August 1957
Activity in the Vicinity of Dzhulfa' 957
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A three-page report on Soviet rail traffic and border guard activity in the
vicinity of Dzhulfa (N 8
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28 January - 16.April 1957
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1 lr'-) hours a aflitary maneuver was performed by t' e ."aviett
. e duration of -*-a 16
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was approxlaate1?? two
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{ ,t C::00 hours
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to to l~takhic?teven
i train eras. amm up ,.of 26 cars, of which 2O were flatcars,
t: ch ca: -vying a sun. lHametsr of the barrels was about 50-60 cns,
:1.d thu length appraxlmatelar 3.3* motors*
T,-e other two flagarssa1% earrisd ons aut?nobile.
-,e remaining four bexears wee fu l l
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xr :,,?,r. ??_? -? n~.~~r?ww~~.=.a ~~.wa*+. JU?? :~lt1QC !T
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firs, of which five flatcars each cartled a big
c r. (ale r ~' ::d
eve flatcars, tanks (one on every flatcar), four 5oxca: s
're ft:11 of' soldiers, and the remaining cars were closed and
ver
e- ary 195?
rc?r JGlfa to Nakbicheva.
train was acad. up ` 00 cars,- of wi'rich 15 f 1 atc,~rs '-ech
>}11 ?I one tank. To boxcars were full of soldiers, the
cars wore closed cis 'sd.
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f soldiers,
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?.,.arch 1957 - At 1200 hours on 1 'March 1957 one Soviet freight
train, mad. up Of 45 ears -1-9 -1 ! l
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Larch 195 'W "AL
' burs Arch 19 7? one Soviet fre i ght'trai r,
-EPA* up of, 5 Cars err lV t d ,ias >toTtet Jults from Baku.
1 larch 1957 ' . hours on 10 March a
cars arr vs ta' Soviet Jvlfa troa Sik*,.
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freight train of r
20 .,March 1957 - At .1100 hours an 14 March, two Soviet planes were
observe -over Soviet Jolf
whi
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ch disappeared in the wee' eFter
10-minute f1Ight' ewr the tow:.
February # $no train
ran a e to Jnlfa. cads if Z2 cars, passed at 1600 hou
`'r d bit !ice I5 b?xcare were fell of soldiers, 5 fiat
. w..w .? :M AI t' pro tank'
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e first two days the
soldiers wore using light aerAla? guns, but today heavy machine
Ct ?C 14pht amass.
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VW . II Soviet Julfa from Baku.
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cars arrived in Ir r i'n Ju V& f roes 5,-, J`1111 A
,459 176o*
-. March 4, 1957 abort 3) tanks vsre ohserved
approzim$Sl7 100 dticks.
L
z r April 13, 14 and 15 *e following fyretpht ors (une t:
'smian Julfa fro, Soviet Ja3.fat 3018V039., 1332,o
1009177 157: "', IM14 83661, 7172h3, 1
"In to Ju a. The train was soda up of 51, cR.~ an( < ?
.Y a'. .P rg _y to ?.~8, 1- .? y._,
-r ? carries seven heavy :ns, a earrisd t r
I; Y)1Aiers, and the rest vsrs covered cars.
':I to Julta. The train Vas "a`'e of 25 c' .
carried ten heavy tr k-s ( coy`
~;,' ?., r, ~ ` flat.-cars
girt, and the three last cars re. a:?+areM1,
exercise s, 4th heave machine-g' no we:- rV e
This train. was made ?1.~ cf arv, ~f ~r,i :.
J .... akhichevan.
r tee (covered), 5 fAat--cars S h#66" tanks. and tnot
b=x cass-vere full ?of soldiers.
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