SOVIET ACTIVITY ALONG THE IRANIAN BORDER

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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008700370004-9
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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 13, 2001
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: September 24, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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COUNTRY USSR/Iran.
SUBJECT Soviet Activity
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Dzhulfa
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westbound rail traffic, Ordubad to Dzhulfa and
Nakhichevan: Two passenger trains; two freight
trains composed of 4.6 boxcars, four tank cars,
and 49 gondolas of which ten carried lumber and
39 were empty.
Eastbound rail traffic; Dzhulfa to Ordubad: Two
trains composed of three boxcars and twelve gon.-
dolas; two trains at night
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'iestbound road traffic, Ordubad to Dzhulfa and
Nakhichevan: Two autos; twelve trucks carrying
36 soldiers.
Eastbound road traffic, .Dzhul_fa to Ordubad: ''t'hree
autos; three jeeps; one motorcycle; 15 trucks
carrying 94 soldiers.
Soviet exchange train No. 6072 composed of a car
loaded with 2460 kg of glass arr Lved in I r?anir.n
Dzhulfaa This train returned to Soviet Dzhulfa on
the same day, composed of 15 carloads of tobacco
w ighing 11.9, 651 kg,
Three hundred Soviet soldiers c?-nducted exercises
with 75 mm guns north of Dzhulfa,
8 September
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Soviet exchange train No ti 6072 composed of 15 empty
cars and one car carrying 2, 60 kg of glass arrived
in Iranian Dzhulfa. The train returned on:pty to
Soviet Dzhulfa on the sale day,
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2. Astara
SeTtember Southbound road traffic, Lenkoran to Astara:
Thirteen trucks carrying sawdust, timber, and. lime;
eight carts carrying barbed wire; 14 civilians;
one jeep carrying two officers.
Northbound road traffic, Astara to Lenkoran:
Nine trucks carrying empty barrels; ten carts
carrying wood and six desks.
Westbound road traffic, Astara to Nas jed Mahalleh:
Six trucks carrying flour and line; five carts
carrying wooden eases and barbed wire,
Eastbound road traffic, Masjed Mahalleh to Astara:
Four trucks carrying firewood and two desks; six
officers on motorcycles; two jeeps carrying three
officers.
East and westbound road traffic between Masjed
Mahalleh and the last post west: Five trucks carry-
ing 48 armed soldiers; 21 carts carrying wooden
cases, firewood, and barbed wire; 16 armed soldiers
on foot; 1 6 armed soldiers on horseback; four autos
carrying six officers.
One hundred twenty armed soldiers engaged in barrier
construction 200 m from Sagheirous (not located).
night Soviet searchlights between Lenkoran and Astara
scanned the sea; six white rockets were fired.
Fifteen fishing boats were observed off Soviet Astara.,
Pahievi
5%7 September The Soviet ship Kabaronka carrying a crew of 20 men
and a cargo of tobacco and,raisins departed for the
Soviet Union?
4. Lutfabssd
4 September
5 September
The Soviet ship Kull carrying a crew of eight
men and a cargo of 1.3,020 kg of fish arrived at
Hassan Kiadeh (37-23K, 5O.10E).
The Soviet ship Shalika carrying a crew of 14 men,
four passengers, a cargo of 716 kg of miscellaneous
load,, and hauling. apparatus arrived from Bandar Shah,
The Soviet ship Chelzenkovski (sic) arrived from
Now Shahr carrying carevi of nine men and no cargo.
Westbound rail traffic.. Kaakha to Ashkhabad: Three
trains composed of 37 boxcars,, five carloads of rails,
and 17 passenger cars; one train at night.
Eastbound rail traffic, Ashkhabad to Kaakha: Five
trains composed of 113 boxcars, 70 tank cars, and.
24 cars each carrying a Ford auto; one train at night.
Westbound rail traffic, Kaakha to Ashkhabad: Three
trains composed of 34 boxcars and 41 tank cars?
Eastbound rail traffic, Ashkhabad to Kaakha: Three
trains composed of 46 boxcars, two gondolas carrying
wood, 30 passenger cars, and three tank cars; one train
at night
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