A U.S. EMBASSY WARNING ABOUT POTENTIALLY HARMFUL AMOUNTS OF CYANIDE AND MERCURY IN MOSCOW TAP WATER TODAY PROVED TO BE ALL A BIG MISTAKE.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88B01125R000300120035-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 10, 2012
• Sequence Number: 35
• Publication Date: January 19, 1977
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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O CO s ?Ari 9s REUT ER - A U. S. EMBASSY WARMING ABOUT
POTENTIALLY HARMFUL AHOUHTS OF CYANIDE AMC; MERCURY IN MOSCOW
TAP WATER TODAY PROVED TO BE ALL A BIG HISTAKE.
EiiE:ASSY SOURCES SAID SCIENTISTS AUTHORIZED BY THE STATE
DEPARTMENT HAD MOW DECIDED THE TWO TOXIC SUBSTANCES E'ROBAELI
CAME FROM BOTTLES USED TO COLLECT THE WATER SAMPLES -- NOT THE
WATER ITSELF.
''THE EXPLANATION IS THAT THE CONTAMINANTS WERE ALREADY IM
THE E:OTTLES. HOW IS A HOOT FUESTiOHssT THEY SAID.
THE EMBASSY SAID FOUR DAYS AGO THAT THE TRACES OF CYANIDE
AND MERCURY HERE FOUND IN THE WATER SUPPLY OF TWO APARTHENT
COMPOUNDS HOUSING U.S. DIPLOMATS AND OTHER FOREIGNERS.
HE SEVEN AMERICAN FAMILIES IN THE TWO BUILDINGS WERE
ADVISED ZN AN EMBASSY CIRCULAR HOT TO DRINK THE WATER.
HE EMBFissi SOURCES SAID THE TESTS WERE CONDUCTED IN AUGUST
LAST YEAR BY AM AMERICAN MEDICAL TECHNICIAN USING SAMPLE
E:OTTLES SUPPLIED THROUGH THE STATE DEPARTMENT.
A SECOND SET OF SPECIMENS WERE TAKEN ON JANUARY 1 AND SENT
TO THE U. S. FOR LABORATORY TESTSs THEY SAID.
NO TRACE OF EITHER CONTAMINANT WAS FOUND. t
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