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Map of Soviet Occupation in Iran

Map of Soviet Occupation in Iran
Accession Number
M94
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Cartographer
War Department, J.R.H., MIL. BR., War Department General Staff, 112645.
Keywords
Cold War
Photo Color
Color
Physical Size
20 X 24 1/4 inches
Related Collection (Plain)
President's Secretary's Files
Restrictions
Unrestricted
Scale
1:4,000,000
TIF Identifier
M94.tif
Rights

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Credit: War Department, J.R.H., MIL. BR., War Department General Staff, 112645.

Courtesy Harry S. Truman Library & Museum, Independence, Missouri.

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Description

A map of the post-war situation in northwestern Iran. A plastic overlay, taped on top of the map, has annotations regarding areas occupied by the Soviet Union military, including the number of divisions and troops in a designated area. The dashed purple line highlights the contested region of Iranian Azerbaijan and the red line shows the line of farthest Soviet occupation. The map, under the plastic overlay, shows railways, roads, caravan routes, boundaries, provinces, districts, deserts, mountains, islands, oases, antiquities, rivers, canals, marshes, altitudes, contours, and other details. Correspondence previously attached to this map has been placed in President's Secretary's Files, Subject File, Foreign Affairs File, Iran, Maps.

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