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Direct contact between the Soviet Government and its officials in Iran is main-
tained through radio transmitters located in the Embassy and in the consulate at
Rizaiyeh.
During World War II the USSR maintained nineteen consular offices in Iran.
Twelve of these nineteen posts were within the Soviet zone of occupation, and their
personnel, exclusive of minor Soviet and Iranian employees, numbered at least forty-five
officials. The offices in Azerbaijan were staffed by able men who were specialists in
Iranian affairs, spoke the local languages, and seemed to possess considerable author-
ity, but some of the offices in other parts of the country were headed by men who
seemed to have no specialized background and who were unfamiliar with the language
of the country.
Nearly all of the officials of the Soviet consulate general at Tabriz (6) and those
of other consular offices in the province of Azerbaijan were Soviet Azerbaijanis (SSU
A-64104, 1 Nov. 45). At Meshed the staff of the consulate general was larger than
that of the long-established UK consulate general (OSS A-57111, 7 June '45). In
1946 the Soviet Consul at Isfahan, who had been two and a half years in the post, was
assisted by two vice consuls. One was a Soviet Moslem, and both knew the Persian
language well (MID WD 7231, 9 Aug. '46).
During 1946 and 1947 the offices at Zahidan, Zabul, Sari, Bandar Shah, Bandar
Pahlevi, and Qazvin were closed.
b. Satellite Representation.
In addition to Soviet diplomatic representation, the Polish, Czechoslovakian,
and Yugoslavian Governments maintain small diplomatic staffs in Tehran. No infor-
mation is available concerning their staffs and extraofficial activities.
2. INTELLIGENCE.
It is probable that all Soviet agencies assist in the collection of military and
related intelligence. Such intelligence deals with Iran's internal conditions and
Iranian activities, and also places emphasis on the activities of foreign powers in Iran
and the possible use of Iran as a theater of military operations.
a. Military.
The staff of the Soviet Embassy at Tehran includes four military attachés.
Information regarding the nature and scope of their activity is not available.
Soviet military intelligence is primarily concerned with possible operations in
the Iranian theater. A study produced by Soviet intelligence, Survey of Iran (High
Command of the Armed Forces, Office of Foreign Countries Defense; Foreign Countries
in General, 1941) envisaged a conflict in northern Iran between the USSR and British-
Iranian forces. Routes of attack against the USSR are described in this publication,
but attention is concentrated upon projected Soviet operations in the area.
Continued
intelligence activities along these lines are indicated by the fact that Soviet Army units
were engaged in map survey work directly northeast of Tehran and in the province of
Khurasan in 1946.
SECR IT
III-2
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