RUSSIAN INTEREST IN STORAGE SPACE IN TEHRAN

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R000300680002-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 16, 1998
• Sequence Number: 2
• Publication Date: December 1, 1946
• Content Type: IR

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~~ Rusaia~x"fxaterest ion Storage Space
in Tehran
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1. A well placed source reports that tho Russians are attaching iatcreasing
3~*~portanee to th? retention ? of the lease of part of tt~ Tehram ~?ailRay
station ~rarohonses by Iransovtx~aus. a oontraot far one year was described
by thew $s useless.
The foli.o~ri.r~g is x~ported to be a tx+ans~.ativn of a:. -'ted latter
f~cvm the Iran3:an Sta##~ RAilway AdmiraistPativA= I?epartment of the 96inistry
of Communications, to the l~ini Rle 2~,Ot~* to ba paid ~.n advanc$ ~.n f.~a
Si3t-mQnthly~ i~satal)sx3nts ~.o thA account of the
Admini.strat3.on. This agra~ent has been ~
up in tt~o copies under u hesdi~s aed sigr~d. bar
fir. Patyashchsk, the 2:,anag~.ng 8ir$ctoY of
1'rsnsoQtrans, and ~,~ Ba'~ishniisev~ ttir Chief
Accountant. ~''~ has nc~r been setit to the Rai.2xa~r
AdmintstratfAn for signature. Aftar signature
copies w~11 be e~ohanged. At the last maet3.rag, .
~-hiCh took plane on 15 ~ ctob~r 39~ab under tha
Cl~it~manship of E~3.neer Ashman, thief of the
Railw~r A~nin3~.strat~.on~ 3.t was agreed in a
separate Setter that the past vent of the wa~~
houses . and the buildings which had subse~,tent~y
bed put up by Iraneoetrans~ as 'e~rell sA the
Ac3m~nistrat~ian i a ataf r~is, shovl$ be fixed by
Transovtrans. The Administration than vdrnte
a letter exp~cessiag its viers to Iransovt~ane.
In reply Iransovtrans scant us ,a letter dated
23 ~C~ctober? but j since this repl~r eras not
very clear tro the Ad~niatration, ws again
brought up tFab question of thy! past rant
and ghat was to happen to any 3nstallat3.ons
Transomsrang might ham subs+aquently but up,
insisting that the past rents should b~ fixed.
'"FinaJ~3.y `s~.ncs Iransovtrans is a permanent
n7.ient of the Railtrap Administratitrn, tha farmer
3.s handla~g otrer to that Adm3ni.stration $ Biel
storage tanks t!onstructed by Iransov~rans at
the ti.rne ~srhen tha A113.as w~ here, oi' .5500
~nbia maters capacity. The Railtray Admin3.st~+a~ioni
compYysng with tbo request ~zf Iran~,avta~ans ~ - a~esd
that this apace should ba leased to the latter
for a-period of taroyearse~
Approved For Release 1999/09/0 CIA-RDP82-004578000300680002-6