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Iranian SAVAK & TSMG


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I found this picture on the Guns.Ru website, and the photos title puzzled me "Timur Bakhtiyar Founder of SAVAK", as I had never heard of SAVAK before.

 

Timur Bakhtiyar Founder of SAVAK.jpg

 

So I did a google search and the Wikipedia page gave me some information and confirmation.

 

"A U.S. Army colonel working for the CIA was sent to Persia in September 1953 to work with General Teymur Bakhtiar, who was appointed military governor of Tehran in December 1953 and immediately began to assemble the nucleus of a new intelligence organization. The U.S. Army colonel worked closely with Bakhtīār and his subordinates, commanding the new intelligence organization and training its members in basic intelligence techniques, such as surveillance and interrogation methods, the use of intelligence networks, and organizational security. This organization was the first modern, effective intelligence service to operate in Persia."

 

Stay safe

Richard

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