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February 23, 1946

General-Major Yemel’yanov, People’s Commissar of State Security of the Azerbaijan SSR, 'Memo on the Amount of Weapons Sent to Iranian Azerbaijan'

Memo

on the amount of weapons sent to Iranian Azerbaijan

 

In the period from October 1945 through January 1946 the following] numbers of weapons were sent to Iranian Azerbaijan to arm partisan detachments:

 

1. “Mauser” rifles, Iranian models - 11,516

2. “Brno” light machineguns  -  350

3. Various kinds of machineguns  -  87

4. Various kinds of pistols  -  1,086

5. Hand grenades  -  2,000

6. Rifle cartridges  -  2,654,500

7. Pistol rounds  -  96,916

 

[inaccurate handwritten total]     2,651,416

 

The following quantity of weapons are available:

 

1. “Mauser” rifles, Iranian models  -  5,171

2. “Brno” light machine guns  -  310

3. MP-38 submachine guns  -  500

4. Various kinds of pistols  -  1,060

5. Rifle cartridges  -  3,965,150

6. Armor-piercing, incendiary, and tracer rounds -  175,409

7. Pistol rounds  -  426,042

 

People’s Commissar of State Security of the Azerbaijan SSR

General-Major Yemel’yanov [signed]

 

23 February 1946

 

 

A memo listing the numbers of weapons sent to Iranian Azerbaijan from the Azerbaijan SSR, including what is currently available.

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GAPPOD, f.1, op.89, d.114. Contributed by Jamil Hasanli and translated by Gary Goldberg.

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