APPENDIX -- A

TABLE 1- CARGO SHIPPED FROM THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE TO THE USSR BY ROUTE OF DELIVERY, 22 JUNE1941-20 SEPTEMBER 1945 a 

[Long Tons]

Year and Month b

All Routes

Persian Gulf

Soviet Far East

North Russia

Black Sea

Soviet Artic

Tons

Percent of Total

Tons

Percent of Total

Tons

Percent of Total 

Tons

Percent of Total

Tons

Percent of Total

Total 17,499,861 4,159,117 23.8 8,243,397 47.1 3,964,231 22.7 680,723 3.9 452,393 2.5
1941 360,778 13,502 3.7 193,299 53.6 153,977 42.7 0 0.0 0 0.0
June  2,977 0 0.0 2,988 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
July 27,567 0 0.0 27,567 100.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
August 97,483 0 0.0 93,113 95.5 4,370 4.5 0 0.0 0 0.0
September 38,161 0 0.0 27,629 72.4 10,532 27.6 0 0.0 0 0.0
October 65,513 0 0.0 17,161 26.2 48,352 73.8 0 0.0 0 0.0
November 57,604 2,972 5.2 13,559 23.5 41,073 71.3 0 0.0 0 0.0
December 71,462 10,530 14.7 11,282 15.8 49,650 69.5 0 0.0 0 0.0
1942 2,453,097 705,259 28.8 734,020 29.9 949,711 38.7 0 0.0 64,107 2.6
January 88,597 34 (c) 26,047 29.4 62,516 70.6 0 0.0 0 0.0
February 92,670 5,282 5.7 22,206 24.0 65,182 70.3 0 0.0 0 0.0
March 213,999 17,754 8.3 25,555 11.9 170,690 79.8 0 0.0 0 0.0
April 441,968 21,173 4.8 38,441 8.7 382,354 86.5 0 0.0 0 0.0

    See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 1-CARGO SHIPPED FROM THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE TO THE USSR BY ROUTE OF DELIVERY, 22 JUNE 1941-20 SEPTEMBER 1945 a-CONTINUED

Year and Month b

All Routes

Persian Gulf

Soviet Far East

North Russia

Black Sea

Soviet Artic

Tons

Percent of Total

Tons

Percent of Total

Tons

Percent of Total

Tons

Percent of Total

Tons

Percent of Total

May 194,747 86,978 44.7 33,035 17.0 74,734 38.3 0 0.0 0 0.0
June 193,695 91,012 47.0 30,288 15.6 54,720 28.3 0 0.0 17,675 9.1
July 183,362 62,492 34.1 63,313 34.5 13,351 7.3 0 0.0 44,206 24.1
August 215,543 65,598 30.4 78,616 36.5 69,013 32.0 0 0.0 2,226 1.1
September 179,430 72,057 40.2 79,604 44.4 27,769 15.4 0 0.0 0 0.0
October 229,331 121,272 52.9 108,059 47.1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
November 176,911 70,430 39.8 106,481 60.2 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
December 242,934 91,177 37.5 122,375 50.4 29,382 12.1 0 0.0 0 0.0
1943 4,794,545 1,606,979 33.5 2,388,577 49.8 681,043 14.2 0 0.0 117,946 2.5
January 258,055 86,836 33.7 97,671 37.8 73,548 28.5 0 0.0 0 0.0
February 342,055 40,071 11.8 129,004 37.7 172,980 50.5 0 0.0 0 0.0
March 263,209 131,277 49.9 122,646 46.6 9,286 3.5 0 0.0 0 0.0
April 337,572 143,808 42.6 193,764 57.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
May 349,259 121,002 34.6 216,380 62.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 11,877 3.4
June 275,622 28,786 10.4 230,183 83.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 16,653 6.1
July 336,094 126,184 37.5 152,215 45.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 57,695 17.2
August 469,961 177,153 37.7 261,087 55.6 0 0.0 0 0.0 31,721 6.7
September 511,365 197,886 38.7 313,479 61.3 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
October 439,655 192,744 43.8 180,872 41.4 66,039 15.1 0 0.0 0 0.0
November 568,620 194,775 34.2 228,964 40.3 144,881 25.5 0 0.0 0 0.0
December 643,078 166,457 25.9 262,312 40.8 214,309 33.3 0 0.0 0 0.0

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Year and Month b

All Routes

Persian Gulf

Soviet Far East

North Russia

Black Sea

Soviet Artic

Tons

Percent of Total

Tons

Percent of Total

Tons

Percent of Total

Tons

Percent of Total

Tons

Percent of Total

1944 6,217,622 1,788,864 28.8 2,848,181 45.8 1,452,775 23.4 0 0.0 127,802 2.0
January 599,239 201,713 33.7 176,170 29.4 221,356 36.9 0 0.0 0 0.0
February 341,158 114,161 33.5 100,017 29.3 126,980 37.2 0 0.0 0 0.0
March 351,751 150,500 42.8 91,299 26.0 109,952 31.2 0 0.0 0 0.0
April 408,870 274,791 67.2 134,079 32.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
May 553,376 289,070 52.2 264,306 47.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0
June 522,556 187,349 35.9 307,224 58.8 0 0.0 0 0.0 27,983 5.3
July 624,578 127,393 20.4 275,761 44.2 155,760 24.9 0 0.0 65,664 10.5
August 561,533 36,437 6.5 308,614 55.0 185,562 33.0 0 0.0 30,920 5.5
September 579,860 87,861 15.2 298,208 51.4 190,556 32.9 0 0.0 3,235 0.5
October 545,414 156,228 28.6 309,441 56.8 79,745 14.6 0 0.0 0 0.0
November 564,628 95,864 17.0 313,916 55.6 154,848 27.4 0 0.0 0 0.0
December 564,659 67,497 12.0 269,146 47.7 228,016 40.3 0 0.0 0 0.0
1945 3,673,819 44,513 1.2 2,079,320 56.6 726,725 19.8 680,723 18.5 142,538 3.9
January 405,762 31,454 7.8 194,914 48.0 118,869 29.3 60,525 14.9 0 0.0
February 450,588 4,497 1.0 181,741 40.3 153,278 34.0 111,072 24.7 0 0.0
March 487,030 4,409 0.9 161,786 33.2 148,731 30.5 172,104 35.4 0 0.0
April 540,278 1,232 0.2 193,709 35.9 167,180 30.9 178,157 33.0 0 0.0
May 768,295 2,921 0.4 518,212 67.4 138,667 18.1 108,495 14.1 0 0.0
June 329,191 0 0.0 275,018 83.5 0 0.0 21,638 6.6 32,535 9.9
July 408,554 0 0.0 313,360 76.7 0 0.0 1,268 0.3 93,926 23.0
August 234,606 0 0.0 200,369 85.4 0 0.0 18,160 7.7 16,077 6.9
September 49,515 0 0.0 40,211 81.2 0 0.0 9,304 18.8 0 0.0

  a Represents total shipments from the Western Hemisphere, principally leand-lease supplies, including goods for Canadian and British accounts. Includes approximately 488,000 tons lost en route, principally in 1942. Does not include some 555,000 long tons of petroleum products originating at British refineries in Abadan, Iran, replaced by allocations from U.S. supplies for British use. Does not include quantities of supplies originally shipped to U.S. Army Air Force Eastern Command shuttle bases in the Ukraine or supplies shipped for U.S. Army use in the Persian Corridor. 
    b Represents date of departure from Western Hemisphere ports. 
    c Less than 0.05 percent. 
    Source: U.S. State Department, work sheets used in compiling Report on War Aid Furnished by the United States to the USSR, November 28, 1945.

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TABLE 2-CARGO SHIPPED FROM THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE TO PERSIAN GULF PORTS FOR THE USSR, BY TYPE, NOVEMBER 1941-MAY-1945 a 

[Long Tons]

Year and Month b

Number of  Vessels c Total shipments

United States Shipments

British and Canadian Shipments 

All Types

Aircraft Combat Vehicles

Trucks d

Other Vehicles e

Guns and Ammunition t

Food

Metal and Metal Products

Petroleum Products g

Other b
Total  646 4,159,117 4,073,978 39,645 70,407 873,846 70,178 144,361 995,368 1,248,517 45,068 586,588 85,139
1941 12 13,502 11,327 377 0 10,138 0 0 0 443 39 330 2,175
Nov 1 2,972 1,398 34 0 851 0 0 0 443 0 70 1,574
Dec 11 10,530 9,929 343 0 9,287 0 0 0 0 39 260 601
1942 140 705,259 685,500 11,207 20,045 143,927 0 44,214 84,108 339,889 1,566 40,544 19,759
Jan 1 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Feb 14 5,282 5,282 1,185 0 2,253 0 0 1,517 0 0 327 0
Mar 12 17,754 15,264 1,437 0 8,493 0 4 4,335 663 0 332 2,490
Apr 6 21,173 21,173 85 0 9,474 0 1 3,077 8,373 0 163 0
May 13 86,978 85,050 639 1,625 10,624 0 714 12,362 52,493 0 6,593 1,928
Jun 13 91,012 87,362 960 2,618 12,975 0 785 10,522 50,185 0 9,317 3,650
Jul 15 62,492 61,772 517 2,780 4,154 0 1,494 3,333 43,795 0 5,699 720
Aug 16 65,598 63,734 1,444 2,406 5,247 0 4,188 2,301 43,366 0 4,782 1,864
Sep 10 72,057 69,619 550 3,180 13,752 0 5,614 7,622 36,038 0 2,863 2,438
Oct 15 121,272 117,927 2,517 4,008 26,078 0 15,918 11,761 52,732 464 4,449 3,345
Nov 10 70,430 69,179 842 1,181 25,839 0 6,110 5,865 27,195 146 2,001 1,251
Dec 15 91,177 89,104 997 2,247 25,038 0 9,386 21,413 25,049 956 4,018 2,073
1943 241 1,606,979 1,563,600 16,713 10,523 308,526 41,447 36,222 423,660 412,946 26,449 287,114 43,379
Jan 16 86,836 77,646 378 463 18,811 2,007 7,627 17,741 22,960 46 7,613 9,190
Feb 7 40,071 37,429 256 8 8,639 1,009 1,819 8,111 13,139 96 4,352 2,642
Mar 20 131,277 128,533 1,885 43 31,771 1,713 3,342 39,707 32,177 (i) 17,895 2,744
Apr 21 143,808 140,591 2,267 656 29,785 4,200 0 38,697 38,874 1,615 24,497 3,217
May 19 121,002 119,038 1,925 222 26,119 2,655 0 28,639 34,014 3,769 21,695 1,964
Jun 7 28,786 28,786 25 (i) 6,404 0 105 10,141 9,889 802 1,402 0
Jul 21 126,184 123,801 2,594 217 23,975 2,000 3,103 33,789 33,040 4,895 20,188 2,383

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Year and Month b

Number of  Vessels c Total shipments

United States Shipments

British and Canadian Shipments 

All Types

Aircraft Combat Vehicles

Trucks d

Other Vehicles e

Guns and Ammunition t

Food

Metal and Metal Products

Petroleum Products g

Other b
Aug 26 177,153 167,442 2,110 654 19,801 3,405 3,850 40,508 43,662 7,607 45,845 9,711
Sep 29 197,886 196,436 2,862 4,074 38,534 4,600 4,423 38,158 52,885 6,632 44,268 1,450
Oct 28 192,744 188,530 796 1,973 40,244 6,016 5,660 43,998 53,476 580 35,787 4,214
Nov 26 194,775 189,410 823 440 34,560 6,677 3,814 61,803 42,676 407 38,210 5,365
Dec 21 166,457 165,958 792 1,773 29,883 7,165 2,479 62,368 36,154 0 25,344 499
1944 240 1,788,864 1,700,282 11,348 39,839 394,829 28,479 63,418 478,591 482,661 14,226 256,891 18,582
Jan 26 201,713 200,530 1,174 3,541 34,689 8,193 4,131 79,195 35,767 238 33,602 1,183
Feb 16 114,161 113,872 1,175 3,751 16,631 3,295 3,997 40,762 22,535 759 20,967 289
Mar 22 150,500 150,243 2,403 1,899 27,962 2,981 4,152 62,750 26,134 688 21,274 257
Apr 35 274,791 273,462 2,034 7,551 49,897 5,818 4,640 76,529 58,452 2,710 65,831 1,329
May 36 289,070 288,465 2,501 6,683 61,179 2,606 15,118 64,374 90,415 742 44,847 605
Jun 26 187,349 186,218 1,151 4,035 50,840 1,443 5,302 32,432 66,043 3,029 21,943 1,131
Jul 20 127,393 123,340 859 5,810 25,698 1,124 4,756 30,131 31,422 1,507 22,033 4,053
Aug 5 36,437 36,437 50 782 15,781 328 0 3,862 13,953 49 1,632 (i)
Sep 11 87,861 87,637 0 1,906 26,942 666 5,507 15,463 32,849 817 3,487 224
Oct 21 156,228 150,202 1 3,074 37,796 634 9,673 40,645 46,003 1,326 11,050 6,026
Nov 13 95,864 93,901 0 807 26,684 947 5,103 17,559 34,994 1,443 6,364 1,963
Dec 9 67,497 65,975 0 0 20,730 444 1,039 14,889 24,094 918 3,861 1,522
1945  13 44,513 43,269 0 0 16,426 252 507 9,009 12,578 2,788 1,709 1,244
Jan 6 31,454 30,667 0 0 11,923 87 507 5,940 10,496 695 1,019 787
Feb 2 4,497 4,497 0 0 2,670 130 0 552 1,071 0 74 0
Mar 2 4,409 3,952 0 0 1,400 0 0 203 256 2,093 0 457
Apr 1 1,232 1,232 0 0 0 0 0 971 0 0 261 0
May 2 2,921 2,921 0 0 433 35 0 1,343 755 0 355 0

    a Represents total quantities shipped from Western Hemisphere ports during the months indicated. Includes quantities lost or diverted  en route. Does not include quantities originally shipped to U.S. Army Sir Force Eastern Command shuttle bases in the Ukraine or supplies shipped for U.S. Army use in the Persian Corridor.  
    b Represents date of departure from Western Hemisphere ports. 
    c Includes 105 vessels whose cargo included a minor portion consigned to USSR. 
    d Includes jeep and trailers. 
    e Consist chiefly of motorcycles and tractors.   
    f Includes explosives. 
    g Does not include some 555,000 tons of petroleum products, originating at British refineries in Abadan, Iran, and replaced by allocation from U.S. supplies for British use. 
    h Includes communication and railroad equipment, textiles, rubber products, and other miscellaneous materials and products. 
    i Less than 0.5 tons.  
    Source: U.S. State Department, work sheets used in compiling Report on War Aid Furnished by the United States tot he USSR, November 28,1945.

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TABLE 3-CARGO DISCHARGED AT AMERICAN-OPERATED PORTS IN THE PERSIAN GULF, JANUARY 1943-MAY 1945 a

[Long Tons]

Year and Month

Total Discharged

Consignee

Port Discharge

USSR

Other

Khorramshahr

Bandar Shahpur

Total 3,900,815 (b) (b) 2,804,918 1,095,897
1943 1,673,568 (b) (b) 1,190,483 483,085
January 67,238 (b) (b) 41,421 25,817
February 88,339 (b) (b) 63,113 25,226
March 110,958 (b) (b) 81,437 29,521
April 117,621 117,621 0 90,976 26,645
May 111,372 106,109 5,263 80,111 31,261
June 120,930 113,759 7,171 86,852 34,078
July 152,684 138,226 14,458 108,259 44,425
August 157,388 111,408 45,980 111,107 46,281
September 143,838 95,480 48,358 110,803 33,035
October 154,034 139,689 14,345 109,199 44,835
November 222,224 203,949 18,275 151,719 70,505
December 226,942 213,051 13,891 155,486 71,456
1944 2,005,727 1,884,845 120,882 1,394,114 611,613
January 208,854 195,863 12,991 136,756 72,098
February 147,009 147,009 0 105,011 41,998
March 213,534 204,400 9,134 136,573 76,961
April 71,358 60,048 11,310 50,519 20,839
May 185,896 185,896 0 122,115 63,781
June 203,548 193,620 9,928 140,296 63,252
July 287,917 273,575 14,342 192,761 95,156
August 183,817 177,503 6,314 124,004 59,813
September 129,416 114,474 14,942 92,220 37,196
October 74,468 59,009 15,459 68,370 6,098
November 143,747 132,869 10,878 105,202 38,545
December 156,163 140,579 15,584 120,287 35,876

    See footnotes at the end of table.

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TABLE 3-CARGO DISCHARGED AT AMERICAN-OPERATED PORTS IN THE PERSIAN GULF, JANUARY 1943-MAY 1945 a- CONTINUED

Year and Month

Total Discharged

Consignee

Port of Discharge

USSR

Other

Khorramshahr

Bandar Shahpur

1945 221,520 198,824 22,696 220,321 1,199
January 98,618 95,577 3,041 97,419 1,199
February 71,869 65,122 6,747 71,869 0
March 30,216 30,216 0 30,216 0
April 8,141 247 7,894 8,141 0
May 12,676 7,662 5,014 12,676 0

    a Does not include 234,992 long tons landed at Cheybassi, Iran, which were initially discharged elsewhere. Monthly landings at Cheybassi during the period of American operation were as follows:

1943

Jul 16,700 
Aug 19,731
Sep 17,111 		October 17,051 
Nov 17,935
Dec 19,840

1944

Jan 17,058
Feb 11,769
Mar 12,211 		Apr 15,941
May 13,446
Jun 18,602 		Jul 17,237
Aug 18,554
Sep 1,806

 b Data not available.
    Source: Headquarters, Persian Gulf Command, U.S. Army, Office of the ACofS for Operations, Movements Branch, Complete Summary of Port and Transportation Agencies Performance of PGC Operations Through 3_ May 1945, 5 July 1645, p.6, supplemented by monthly reports of operations at respective ports.

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TABLE 4- SUPPLIES DELIVERED TO THE USSR THROUGH THE PERSIAN CORRIDOR, BY TYPE OF TRANSPORT, 1942-1945 a

[Long Tons]

Year and Month

Total Railway Assembled Trucks and Cargo Motor Transport Service Assembled Aircraft British Agencies b
Total 5,149,376 2,989,079 1,235,088 408,460 36,018 480,731
1942 353,114 165,655 70,415 0 4,940 112,104
1943 1,793 894,767 479,591 189,736 19,728 210,110
January 51,285 c 23,981 6,672 0 d 842 19,790
February 68,808 c 33,585 18,871 135 d 516 15,701
March 75,605 c 28,181 27,988 3,570 d 948 14,918
April 101,155 44,590 29,284 8,768 d 1,727 16,786
May 127,572 54,835 41,549 11,002 d 1,200 18,986
June 147,193 67,729 48,487 11,252 d 758 18,967
July 178,742 84,414 58,830 17,068 d 1,116 17,314
August 164,422 72,421 49,188 21,103 d 1,558 20,152
September 199,293 102,261 55,556 23,335 d 1,863 16,278
October 217,252 121,261 47,065 26,389 3,264 18,587
November 214,587 120,098 41,244 32,729 3,456 17,060
December 248,018 140,725 54,857 34,385 2,480 15,571
1944 2,555,172 1,594,781 571,800 218,724 11,350 158,517
January 257,531 146,685 56,726 32,385 1,002 20,733
February 205,305 121,129 53,097 10,365 1,203 19,511
March 225,735 125,726 52,632 29,443 1,101 16,833
April 144,569 78,966 34,983 12,641 1,594 16,385
May 193,332 113,583 44,301 13,616 1,687 20,145
June 253,068 140,664 57,050 31,745 1,665 21,944
July 282,097 164,834 61,728 36,727 1,666 17,642
August 275,137 164,253 62,036 32,794 768 15,286
September 238,136 170,100 49,461 8,187 754 9,634
October 145,395 109,698 30,002 4,196 95 404
November 151,894 112,218 33,736 5,625 315 0
December 182,973 146,925 36,048 0 0 0

    See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 4- SUPPLIES DELIVERED TO THE USSR THROUGH THE PERSIAN CORRIDOR, BY TYPE OF TRANSPORT, 1942-1945 a- 5 a- CONTINUED

Year and Month Total Railway Assembled Trucks and Cargo Motor Transport Service Assembled Aircraft British Agencies b
1945 447,158 333,876 113,282 0 (e) (e)
January 142,309 105,706 36,603 0 0 0
February 137,630 86,902 50,728 0 (e) (e)
March 84,583 63,656 20,927 0 0 0
April 51,333 46,309 5,024 0 0 0
May 31,303 31,303 0 0 (e) (e)

     a Figures shown include some data for British operations. The total of 5,149,376 long tons delivered includes 165,655 tons delivered by the British during their operation of the Iranian State Railway in 1942 and 480,731 tons delivered by the United Kingdom Commercial Cooperation and other British agencies through out the entire period. The remaining 4,502,990 tons were delivered chiefly by the U.S. Army but include unknown British tonnages in 1942 figures for assembled trucks and aircraft, as well as the British share of rail deliveries during the period of joint operation (January-March 1943); which reduce the U.S. share to 4,417,243. See Ch. I, n. 4.
    b Represents tonnages carried by the United Kingdom Commercial Corporation and British military agencies, chiefly via the Khanaqin Lift. Data are unofficial and may be incomplete; official British data are not available.  
    c Railway operated jointly by U.S. and British agencies.
    d Partly estimated. The 10,528 tons reported for the period January-September 1943 was prorated by month, based on quantities, types and weights of planes delivered each month (basic weight of planes delivered tot he American command by air and cased weight of planes delivered by water).
    e Data not available for 8 aircraft   delivered to USSR in 1945 (see Tables 10 and 11).
    Source: Headquarters, Persian Gulf Command, U.S. Army, Office of the ACofS for Operation, Movements Branch Complete Summary of Port and Transportation Agencies Performance of PGC Operations Through 31 May 1946, 5 July 1945, p.2.

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TABLE 5-FREIGHT HAULED BY RAIL NORTH OF ANDIMESHK, IRAN, AUGUST 1942-MAY 1945 a 

[Long Tons]

Year and Month Total USSR Supplies U.S. Army Eastern Command Internal Traffic
Total Civil Supplies b Oil c Other d
Total  c 4,701,244  c 2 8,513 1,703,652 271,460 1,155,041 277,151
1942 (five months) c 293,042 c 165,655 0 127,387 17,878 80,793 28,716
August 35,770 12,440 0 23,330 0 13,880 9,450
September 48,022 23,807 0 24,215 3,148 16,307 4,760
October 50,987 23,074 0 27,913 3,850 20,028 4,035
November 46,466 20,450 0 26,016 5,081 15,278 5,657
December 48,648 22,735 0 25,913 5,799 15,300 4,814
1943 1,419,105 894,767 0 524,338 65,110 364,375 94,853
January 52,285 23,981 0 28,304 3,975 18,925 5,404
February 64,204 33,585 0 30,619 4,723 18,983 6,913
March 65,522 28,181 0 37,341 5,568 25,123 6,650
April 87,784 44,590 0 43,194 6,532 27,609 9,017
May 98,353 54,835 0 43,518 7,532 31,597 4,389
June 108,779 67,729 0 41,050 3,103 31,949 5,998
July 119,480 84,414 0 35,066 3,700 22,061 9,305
August 111,251 72,421 0 38,830 3,820 26,290 8,720
September 150,751 102,261 0 48,490 5,670 32,235 10,585
October 175,818 121,947 0 53,871 4,534 37,808 11,529
November 185,623 120,098 0 65,525 9,547 46,148 9,830
December 199,255 140,725 0 58,530 6,370 45,647 6,513

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Year and Month Total USSR Supplies U.S. Army Eastern Command Internal Traffic
Total Civil Supplies b Oil c Other d
1944 2,375,116 1,594,781 8,513 771,822 124,068 533,963 113,791
January 222,866 146,685 0 76,181 9,212 54,270 12,699
February 189,882 121,129 0 68,753 10,943 51,496 6,314
March 191,490 125,726 0 65,764 9,465 49,223 7,076
April 145,718 78,966 0 66,752 10,205 47,911 8,636
May 174,935 113,583 0 61,352 13,914 39,047 7,477
June 205,342 140,664 1,230 63,448 8,211 43,047 12,190
July 233,132 164,834 6,547 61,751 6,701 45,175 9,875
August 225,132 164,253 678 60,886 8,864 42,671 9,351
September 225,817 170,100 58 55,369 7,826 40,599 6,944
October 175,739 109,698 0 66,041 14,297 40,652 11,092
November 172,235 112,218 0 60,017 10,520 37,240 12,257
December 212,433 146,925 0 65,508 13,910 41,718 9,880
1945 (five months) 613,981 333,876 0 280,105 64,404 175,910 39,791
January 182,286 105,706 0 76,580 18,243 49,339 8,998
February 149,671 86,902 0 62,769 14,824 40,668 7,277
March 111,529 63,656 0 47,873 7,761 30,301 9,811
April 99,979 46,309 0 53,670 14,716 30,349 8,605
May 70,516 31,303 0 39,213 8,860 25,253 5,100

    a Represents tonnages delivered during the months indicated. Does not include passenger hauls.
    b Includes Persian civilian supplies and wheat from Sultanabad, Iran. Does not include oil.
    c Includes packed petroleum products and civilian and railway bulk oil.
    d Includes supplies for transportation store; U.S. , British, and Russian military requirements in Iran; and local requirements of Anglo-Iranian Oil Co., United Kingdom Commercial Cooperation, and Polish interest. 
    e Includes 63,149 tons of USSR supplies delivered by rail before August 1942.
    Source: Headquarters, Persian Gulf Command, U.S. Army, Office of the ACofS for Operations, Movements Branch, Complete Summary of Port and Transportation Agencies Performance of PGC Operations Through 31 May 1945, 5 July 1945, pp. 18-21.

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TABLE 6-FREIGHT HAULED IN THE PERSIAN CORRIDOR BY THE MOTOR TRANSPORT SERVICE, 1943-1944

Year and Month Truck-miles Operated b Freight Hauled a (Long Tons)
Total USSR Supplies U.S. Army Supplies
Lend-Lease Scrap Lumber c Total Motor Transport Service Other
Tons Percent of Total North of Andimeshk South of Andimeshk d
Total 99,967,863 618,946 408,460 66.0 2,953 207,533 18,227 81,385 107,921
1943 47,502,608 301,764 189,736 62.9 0 112,028 11,761 38,339 61,928
January 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
February 0 e 174 e 135 77.6 0 39 0 0 e 39
March 1,034,224 6,290 3,570 56.7 0 2,720 510 137 2,073
April 2,274,495 12,376 8,768 70.8 0 3,608 494 270 2,844
May 2,801,692 17,492 11,002 62.9 0 6,490 956 745 4,789
June 3,496,628 29,085 11,252 38.7 0 17,833 864 3,551 13,418
July 4,383,105 27,837 17,068 61.3 0 10,769 1,229 3,080 6,460
August 5,671,808 32,332 21,103 65.3 0 11,229 1,752 3,025 6,452
September 5,766,699 40,479 23,335 57.6 0 17,144 1,494 9,429 6,221
October 6,642,036 40,264 26,389 65.5 0 13,875 2,121 4,717 7,037
November 7,404,425 43,292 32,729 75.6 0 10,563 1,480 2,662 6,421
December 8,027,496 52,143 34,385 65.9 0 17,758 861 10,723 6,174
1944 52,467,255 317,182 218,724 69.0 2,953 95,505 6,624 42,888 45,993
January 7,397,820 42,679 32,385 75.9 0 10,294 622 4,297 5,375
February 3,116,032 18,725 10,365 55.4 138 8,222 474 3,589 4,159
March 6,222,164 38,657 29,443 76.2 65 9,149 619 5,209 3,321

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Year and Month Truck-miles Operated b Freight Hauled a (Long Tons)
Total USSR Supplies U.S. Army Supplies
Lend-Lease Scrap Lumber c Total Motor Transport Service Other
Tons Percent of Total North of Andimeshk South of Andimeshk d
April 3,545,846 29,784 12,641 42.4 831 16,312 298 5,050 10,964
May 3,297,439 22,579 13,616 60.3 0 8,963 327 4,372 4,264
June 6,646,864 37,113 31,745 85.5 0 5,368 827 2,496 2,045
July 7,718,592 42,197 36,727 87.0 0 5,470 603 2,165 2,702
August 6,921,251 39,197 32,794 82.8 0 6,830 537 2,366 3,927
September 2,285,933 15,649 8,187 52.3 858 6,604 1,095 2,549 3,960
October 2,836,959 15,168 5,196 34.3 1,061 8,911 329 5,538 3,044
November 2,476,355 15,007 5,625 37.5 0 9,382 893 5,257 3,232
December 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0

       a Represents supplies delivered during the months indicated. Does not include 95,023 tons of gravel hauled during the period September 1943-July 1944 for use in MTS construction of hard standing areas. 
    b Represents miles operated, loaded and empty, except that mileage of maintenance and deadhead vehicles engaged in gravel haul is not included.
    c Represents packing-case lumber delivered to USSR.
    d Consist chiefly of tonnages hauled by the Third Provisional Truck Company, operating separately from main MTS fleet.
    e Represents freight loaded 28 February and reported as February tonnage, although actually it did not leave Andimeshk until 1 March. (Motor Transport Service, Historical Report, 1-31 March 1943,p.2, PGF 131-C).
    Source: Persian Gulf Command, Motor Transport Service, Monthly Statistical Report of Operations for November 1944. \

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TABLE 7-NUMBER OF VEHICLES ASSEMBLED AT TRUCK ASSEMBLY PLANTS IN THE PERSIAN CORRIDOR, MARCH 1942-APRIL 1945

Assemble for All Plant Andimeshk b (TAP I) Khorramshahr b (TAP II) Bushire (TAP III)  Rafadiyah (TAP IV) Andimeshk Ordance Depot Tehran Checkup Station
Total Cargo Trucks Other a
Total c 191,075 172,842 18,233 79,961 88,060 c 6,865 c 16,161 24 4
USSR 184,112 166,760 17,352 78,627 83,218 6,628 15,611 24 4
U.S. Army 6,364 5,664 700 743 4,834 237 550 0 0
Iran c 390 366 24 382 8 (c) (c) 0 0
British Army c 199 42 157 199 0 (c) (c) 0 0
UKCC c 10 10 0 10 0 (c) (c) 0 0

    a Consist chiefly of jeeps and weapons carriers.
    b TAP I (Truck Assembly Plant I) was operated by General Motors Overseas Corporation from 26 March 1942 through 30 June 1943. Records of GMOC show a total output of 20,380 vehicles during this period , compared with 20,081 indicated by U.S. Army records for the same period. TAP II was operated by General Motors Overseas Corporation from 26 January 1943 through 30 June 1943. Records of GMOC show a total output of 9,690 vehicles during this period, compared with 9,670 indicated by U.S. Army records for the same period. The General Motors count includes vehicles still being processed on the last date of contractor operations. U.S. Army figures are based on delivery of completed vehicles.
    c Does not include assemblies at the British-operated plants at Bushire and Rafadiyah for British or Iranian use. These antedated and also paralleled USSR assembly operations at these plants.
    Source: Headquarters, Persian Gulf Command, U.S. Army, Office of the ACofS for Operations, MOvements Branch, Complete Summary of Port and Transportation Agencies Performance of PGC Operations Through 31 May 1945,5 July 1945, p. 24.

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TABLE 8-MONTHLY OUTPUT OF ASSEMBLED VEHICLES AT TRUCK ASSEMBLY PLANT II, KHORRAMSHAR, IRAN, 26 JANUARY 1943-19 APRIL 1945

Year and Month All Vehicles  USSR Vehicles U.S. Army Vehicles
Total Cargo Trucks Other Vehicles Total Cargo Trucks Other Vehicles
Total 88,052 83,218 81,579 1,639 4,834 4,679 155
1943 31,938 28,014 26,479 1,535 3,924 3,884 40
January 33 33 33 0 0 0 0
February 798 798 549 249 0 0 0
March 1,309 1,309 887 422 0 0 0
April 2,261 2,261 1,587 674 0 0 0
May 2,153 2,135 2,112 23 18 18 0
June 3,116 2,657 2,655 2 459 459 0
July 3,117 2,672 2,632 40 445 445 0
August 3,761 2,856 2,819 37 905 887 18
September 4,032 3,299 3,290 9 733 721 12
October 3,761 3,079 3,079 0 682 677 5
November 3,185 2,724 2,719 5 461 456 5
December 4,412 4,191 4,117 74 221 221 0
1944 41,434 40,636 40,532 104 798 775 23
January 3,857 3,676 3,654 22 181 179 2
February 3,935 3,820 3,803 17 115 115 0
March 3,359 3,328 3,302 26 31 31 0
April 2,396 2,326 2,325 1 70 70 0
May 3,400 3,371 3,371 0 29 29 0
June 3,655 3,597 3,597 0 58 50 8
July 3,916 3,842 3,842 0 74 73 1
August 3,861 3,770 3,762 8 91 91 0
September 3,055 3,055 3,025 30 0 0 0
October 2,147 2,094 2,094 0 53 53 0
November 3,102 3,078 3,078 0 24 23 1
December 4,751 4,679 4,679 0 72 61 11
1945 14,680 14,568 14,568 0 112 20 92
January 5,582 5,578 5,578 0 4 0 4
February 6,113 6,061 6,061 0 52 11 41
March 2,430 2,374 2,374 0 56 9 47
April 555 555 555 0 0 0 0

    a Does not include 8 cargo trucks assembled for the Iranian Government.
    Source: Headquarters, Persian Gulf Command, U.S.Army, Office of the ACofS for Operations, Movements Branch, Complete Summary of Port and Transportation Agencies Performance of PGC Operations Through 31 May 1945, 5 July 1945, pp. 25ff.

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TABLE 9-MONTHLY OUTPUT OF ASSEMBLED VEHICLES AT TRUCK ASSEMBLY PLANT I, ANDIMESHK, IRAN , MARCH 1942-DECEMBER 1944

Year and Month All Vehicles USSR Vehicles U.S. Army Vehicles
Total Cargo Trucks Other Vehicles Total Cargo Trucks Other Vehicles
Total a 79,370 78,627 63,173 15,454 743 198 545
1942 8,816 8,816 8,239 577 0 0 0
April b 322 322 322 0 0 0 0
May 946 946 946 0 0 0 0
June 2,241 2,241 2,241 0 0 0 0
July 1,024 1,024 999 25 0 0 0
August 1,171 1,171 1,070 101 0 0 0
September 598 598 432 166 0 0 0
October 640 640 584 56 0 0 0
November 726 726 660 66 0 0 0
December 844 844 718 126 0 0 0
Undistributed c 304 304 267 37 0 0 0
1943 33,661 33,148 24,532 8,616 513 191 322
January 1,165 1,151 916 235 14 0 14
February 1,097 1,018 652 366 79 79 0
March 1,449 1,421 964 457 28 28 0
April 1,617 1,548 975 573 69 69 0
May 1,871 1,856 1,762 94 15 15 0
June 4,066 4,066 3,093 973 0 0 0
July 2,704 2,701 2,015 686 3 0 3
August 3,423 3,396 2,616 780 27 0 27
September 3,478 3,478 3,015 463 0 0 0
October 2,807 2,668 2,006 662 139 0 139
November 3,914 3,867 3,401 466 47 0 47
December 6,070 5,978 3,117 2,861 92 0 92
1944 36,893 36,663 30,402 6,261 230 7 223
January 5,116 5,062 3,205 1,857 54 4 50
February 3,632 3,604 3,454 150 28 0 28
March 2,667 2,638 2,613 25 29 0 29
April 2,525 2,518 2,352 166 7 1 6
May 1,828 1,826 1,812 14 2 0 2
June 3,525 3,525 3,130 395 0 0 0
July 4,407 4,407 3,537 870 0 0 0
August 4,673 4,663 3,644 1,019 10 0 10

    See footnotes at end of table.

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TABLE 9-MONTHLY OUTPUT OF ASSEMBLED VEHICLES AT TRUCK ASSEMBLY PLANT I, ANDIMESHK, IRAN , MARCH 1942-DECEMBER 1944-CONTINUED

Year and Month All Vehicles USSR Vehicles U.S. Army Vehicles
Total Cargo Trucks Other Vehicles Total Cargo Trucks Other Vehicles
September 3,843 3,789 2,057 1,732 54 0 54
October 1,548 1,516 1,483 33 32 0 32
November 2,579 2,565 2,565 0 14 2 12
December 550 550 550 0 0 0 0

    a Does not include 591 vehicles assembled for other agencies, distributed as follows: Iranian Government, 366 cargo trucks and 16 other vehicles; British, 42 cargo trucks and 157 other vehicles; United Kingdom Commercial Corporation, 10 cargo trucks. Monthly distribution for these assemblies is not available.
    b Includes the first few vehicles assembled at the beginning of operations during the last week in March other figures were based. The months in which these acceptances took place are not known.
    Source: Headquarters Persian Gulf Command, U.S. Army, Office of the ACofS for Operations Through 31 May 1945, 5 July 1945, pp. 25ff.

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TABLE 10-MONTHLY DELIVERIES OF AIRCRAFT TO THE USSR BY THE ARMY IN THE PERSIAN CORRIDOR, 1942-1945 a

[Number of Planes]

Month 1942 1943 1944 1945
Total 742 2,446 1,678 8
January 0 102 172 0
February 1 67 133 1
March  5 114 170 0
April 33 214 270 0
May 81 152 158 7
June 128 96 301 0
July 111 141 170 0
August 51 204 101 0
September 56 253 90 0
October 68 395 55 0
November 110 393 37 0
December 98 315 21 0

    a Includes data for 995 aircraft flown to Abadan, Iran, as well as for 3,879 cased aircraft shipped to Abadan by water and assembled for the USSR. Does not include data for aircraft turned over to the USSR unassembled.
    Source: Headquarters, Air Materiel Command, Special One-Time Report of Deliviries of AAF Aircraft to the USSR, August 1947.

TABLE 11-AIRCRAFT DELIVERED TO THE USSR BY U.S. ARMY IN THE PERSIAN CORRIDOR, BY TYPE, 1942-1945 a

[Number of Planes]

Type Total 1942 1943 1944 1945
All types 47,874 742 2,446 1,678 8
A-20, Bomber (Light) b 1,269 468 491 309 1
DB-7, Bomber (Light) c 151 150 1 0 0
B-25, Bomber (Med.) d 124 103 21 0 0
P-39, Fighter 2,030 2 1,159 866 3
P-40 Fighter 1,091 19 755 317 0
P-47, Fighter 188 0 0 184 4
AT-6, Trainer 21 0 19 2 0

    a Does not include data for aircraft turned over the USSR unassembled.
    b Includes 871 A-20's flown to Abadan, Iran.
    c British designation for A-20 light (fighter) bomber.
    d All B-25's were flown to Abadan, Iran. Later redesignated as light bomber.
    Source: Headquarters, Air Materiel Command, Special One-Time Report of Deliveries of AAF Aircraft to the USSR, August 1947.

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TABLE 12-ASSIGNED STRENGTH OF U.S. ARMY FORCES IN THE PERSIAN CORRIDOR, a 1943-1945

Month

 1943 1944 1945
Total Officers b Enlisted Men Total Officers b Enlisted Men Total Officers b Enlisted Men
January 10,949 723 10,226 29,445 1,824 27,621 26,082 1,740 24,3421
February 12,868 808 12,060 29,691 1,851 27,840 20,883 1,427 19,456
March 18,509 1,132 17,377 29,286 1,956 27,330 18,893 1,229 17,664
April 18,513 1,167 17,346 29,300 1,806 27,494 15,793 1,113 14,681
May 23,208 1,409 21,799 28,853 1,803 27,050 16,063 1,097 14,966
June 25,423 1,703 23,720 28,493 1,756 26,737 13,547 931 12,616
July 27,320 1,748 25,572 28,296 1,767 26,529 9,173 667 8,506
August 28,584 1,811 26,773 28,168 1,732 26,436 6,922 566 6,356
September 28,218 1,812 26,406 27,739 1,698 26,041 c 5,740 c 453 c 5,287
October 29,545 1,839 27,706 27,710 1,786 25,924 5,787 443 5,344
November 29,589 1,846 27,743 26,301 1,693 24,608 4,263 324 3, 939
December 28,757 1,836 26,921 26,647 1,718 24,929 (d) (d) (d)

    a represent assigned strength as of the day of each month. Attached strength in the area is not included, but generally was less than 2,000 and consisted primarily of ATC personnel. Prior to 1943, U.S. Army personnel in the Persian Corridor amounted only to a few hundred until the first major force arrived in December 1942, raising total assigned strength to 451 officers and 5,456 enlisted men by the end of that month.
    b Includes warrant officers, nurses, dietitians, and physical therapists.
    c Data not reported. The total shown was taken from PGSC Report to War Department Budget Officer for House Subcommittee on War Department Appropriations, 5 October 1945, p. 1. Data for officers and enlisted men estimated.
    d Final evacuation of command troops occurred 30 December 1945.
    Source: War Department General Staff Office of the Adjutant General, Machine Records Branch, Strength of the Army STM-30, for respective months.

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TABLE 13-DISTRIBUTION OF U.S. CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES IN THE PERSIAN CORRIDOR, 1943-1945

[Selected Dates]

Nationality and Type of Work 1943 1944 1945
30 April 31 December 31 August 31 December 31 July
Total 24,285 41,099 35,126 16,460 6,145
American a 317 37 4 0 0
Native 23,968 40,682 34,640 15,949 5,850
Polish 0 380 482 511 295
Assembly Plants, Aircraft (b) 994 c 143 13 0
Assembly Plant, Truck (b) 5,448 4,308 2,056 (d)
Construction, Highway e 796 1,771 1,029 48 54
Construction, Other 14,758 8,039 3,763 1,696 178
Depots (excludes Ordnance) 1,346 3,309 1,909 1,564 1,529
Hospitals 197 419 703 421 64
Motor Transport Service 3,044 1,293 1,156 1,118 377
Ordnance 2,055 6,463 7,373 3,879 647
Railway g 839 549 465 348 50
Service and Supply h 672 4,092 6,151 5,093 3,246

    a Engaged in road and building construction and in projects for the district engineers, Tehran District.
    b Data not available; excluded from total.
    c After 19 July 1944 aircraft assembly was restricted to planes then on hand or en route.
    d Operations ceased in April 1945.
    e Includes maintenance workers.
    f Operations of convoys ended 1 December 1944.
    g Does not include civilians directly employed by the ISR, numbering some 30,000 at the peak in 1944.
    h Includes maintenance of buildings and utilities; supply of posts, areas, and operating services; operation of motor pools and laundries; and employees such as clerks, stenographers, houseboys, janitors, and waitresses.
    Source: Semimonthly and monthly reports of civilian employees, 15 April 1943-31 July 1945 (adjusted) PGF 151.

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TABLE 14-ESTIMATED COSTS OF CONSTRUCTING FIXED INSTALLATIONS IN THE PERSIAN CORRIDOR, 1943-1945 a

Type of Construction Total United States British b
Total Construction Lend-lease c Total Construction Reciprocal Aid d
Total $ 98,233,00 $61,828,000 $61,103,000 $725,000 $36,405,000 $31,698,000 $4,707,000
Ports e 14,838,000 7,391,000 7,122,000 269,000 7,447,000 5,250,000 2,197,000
Military Railway Service 2,184,000 2,033,000 2,033,000 0 151,000 92,000 59,000
Motor Transport Service 4,619,000 4,334,000 4,334,000 0 285,000 0 285,000
Aid-to-Russia Highways 54,157,000 35,038,000 35,006,000 32,000 19,119,000 18,862,000 257,000
Signal Service 5,977,000 1,848,000 1,847,000 1,000 4,129,000 3,806,000 323,000
Petroleum Operations 841,000 368,000 0 368,000 473,000 473,000 0
Other f 15,617,000 10,816,000 10,761,000 55,000 4,801,000 3,215,000 1,586,000

    a Represents total cumulative costs form the beginning of operations through 31 December 1944.
    b Costs shown apply only to those installations used by or available to the U.S. Army, including installations in which the U.S.   dollars at the 1945 exchange rate of $4.035 to the pound.
    c Represents value of U.S. contributions to British constructions.
    d Represents value of British contributions to U.S. construction.
    e Comprises installations at Bandar Shahpur, Khorramshahr (including Russian Dump), and Cheybassi.
    f Includes such installations as posts, camps, and stations other then hose for MRS; depots; airfields; assembly plants; hospitals; checkup stations.
    Source: Joint Reporter on Construction Cost Data (as of 1 December 1944) adopted by British and American Agencies at Surplus Property Disposal Meeting, Tehran, 14 March 1945, PGF 127.

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TABLE 15-DRUM PRODUCTION AT BAHREIN, 1944-1945

Month Quantity Month Quantity
Total 318,886 1945 277,579
1944 41,307 January 25,620
July 54 February 41,691
August 4,511 March 30,779
September 310 April 48,949
October 889 May 23,665
November 15,724 June 42,698
December 19,819 July 64,177

    Source: Persian Gulf Command, Plants Branch, Operations Division, Historical Report for period 1 May 1945-10 August 1945, Inclosure I.

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