SOVIET ACTIVITY ALONG THE IRANIAN BORDER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008500350009-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 11, 2000
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: August 31, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL t TELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT NO.
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The following is a sumI ary of Soviet military activities along the Soviet-
Iranian border during the period 17-20 August 1951
1.., 1-ol Dasht
1S August
Eastbound rail traffic,, Yerevan to Nakhichevan:
Two freight and passenger trains.
1estbound rail traffic, Dzhulfa to Nakhichevan:
Two trains,
Eastbound rail traffic, Nakhichevan to Dzhulfa:
Four freight and passenger trains
2m Dzhulfa
18 August
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19 August
Westbound rail traffic, Ordubad to Dzhulfa and
Nakhichevan: Two pas::enper trains, and three
freight trains among which were observed eight
tank ca;-s
Eastbound rail traffic, Nakhichevan to Dzhulfa
and Ordubad: Four trains,
Ninety-five soldiers and civilians arrived in
Dzhulfa in 15 trucks.
Two hundrea Soviet soldiers engaged in artillery
training north of Dzhulfa.
Westbound rail traffic, Ordubad to Dzhulfa: Two
pass en,er trains, and three freight trains among
which were observed seven guns and twelve trucks,
Eastbound rail traffic, Nakhichevan to Dzhulfa:
Four trains?
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