RADIATION REPORTS STIR MANY WHO HAD SERVED IN MOSCOW

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88B01125R000300120082-1
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 10, 2012
• Sequence Number: 82
• Publication Date: March 8, 1976
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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WASHINGTON POST
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By Robert G. Kaiser
-....::ttx: Pont s:.k:r tVr:!er
fte e1'is that the Amer-
!can embassy in Moscow has
been bombarded for years
by a 7-1 . terious form of
ra:liau?:n have ? astounded
and an'; ;eyed many of-
c?lais t-.'1o have served in
the Sot ;et capital.
"It it absoiuhtcl}- unbe-
iievail;c that they never told
us ah?,ut ? it.,, the wife of
ore dil:?orlat observed In a
conul:err that tr,,i;'ierh tho.:c
of a g oup of ciiieials sur-
f [eyed informally.
The curt ey that
the Z ernment has made
tt Ct1. t Io keen tt':rek Of
pcop!e tthu ~nrt?ed in ~Ios-
ca:: tin' see if their health
was :crscir affcctecl by
ra&:atio:t.
"No one has asked rile
' if I've had ant ill eiieets."
said one military uifie r
who was stationer! in Mos-
cow fn the late iPU))s. 0.0).
ers questioned gate. the
san;c answer.
1 A na:iber of high-
rank-jag dip;omats are cons!der-
in, rrtal.in+: a joint approach
t to verse State l)epartmert
officia ; to demartt a 1'c.?!
expia'n.tt(on of just what
they t:?erc exposed to in
Moscow, end what risks
they underwent.
? All 'of the people ques-
tioned for this story asked
that their names not be
used. They or their hus-
bands are still employed
by the goternmcut a_encies
that sent -them to 1IosLo%v.
"If you ask me." one for.
met- embassy official said.
..this is . an issue that we
ought to threaten to break
relation's over. It's ridicu-
It'lus tl'at we sit back and
let them bombard the em-
bass. with adiaiion that
may cause serious health
problems."
Offie;al confirmazio:l of
the raciiation ? prou!en', has
!)ro.okcti a flurry of ru.
mars anon; former , er,on-
nel of the-Bestow embassy.
.\ccordin to one report
cttcui,tihl~- a11:011, h'ir'es. a
nt;rse . who Served in th:?
:'Io~eoa' etuba.ssy h s taken
an informal tally that su--
,asts an abnormal!y high
rate '.of c?ancer among this
oue.
This assertion' could 1'et
be confirmed. Several doc-
tors consulted by these of-
kicials have told tile::: that
the effect-; of the low-level
rac!i ,lion , that , is : dates
the Moscow emba;5y _ira-
ply aren't l:nu:vit.
One icorr.-, -who lived in
the Moscow en b:ti-ty soma
;:cars ago said she arcl,.he.?
son had both been :-isle tb
'eel a ;tran;.,e ~-rn?t of t i ,ra-
tion in their au:.rt;ne:u. :-the
son had he daelic; ihi;e he
lived in 11o'cco?.v. a?:ti tlhey
disappeared tchr a he !e n'?
She rep,rted the .- ??e
sensation to enhb;,?.:.r ~? : -
cial; who then U_a^st;u ;:.~
her at length in ?.i:c c-;11-
bassy's "secure" r:h^;r.--a
room lined with li :;? soil
tailling, a large phs:a'c? a::i)?
ble. They never ^,t:!
chat they the
ran:_,st
t:as bcin?? radiated i)?: hit(
Sa?: icts. she -a id.
Lr:s' wcck. acco .. a:' to
a R'?taer News Se.?vic', ?
port. the -tatl?
sent a cluetvq to the t?nt-
i)1ah? ill 11er5.ow tti tI to
deiet nihle if two ca-es of
Iympnatic cancer and n?,"
of anemia cou'd he
mt:?ib-
urea to the radl-ticn.
Ambassador, t1'alt, S:oes-
set. is rcpcrtc?dly s.:ciering
from anemia. Slat.: Co art-
ment officals snip be made I
several 111tr,ublici7^t? t: ipf; to !
America 1clr treat: en, dur-
ing, the last year.
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