ALTHOUGH THE HEALTH OF AMERICANS MAY BE ENDANGERED BY RADIATION, THE U.S. IS NOT PUBLICLY FORCING THE ISSUE RAISED BY SOVIET USE OF MICROWAVE JAMMING AND LISTENING DEVICES AGAINST THE AMERICAN EMBASSY IN MOSCOW.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88B01125R000300120085-8
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 10, 2012
• Sequence Number: 85
• Publication Date: March 1, 1976
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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Washington Whispers
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;.., lael-endangeredbrradiation; the VS: it .t:such low- esteem on Capitol Hill that.?mi.ci
not publicly forcing the issue raised by 1'some Congressmen aren't telling the:
S.oviet -usc of microwave jammingiand.,....-.FBI .about approaches for. information, ?
;listening devices against the .Communist diplomats. The very..1*!::.
Embassy in Moscow. The reason: The type of data sought?even if not pro--1
. Embassy .is headquarters ? for eaves--; .Vided?is considered a clue in predict-
. . dropping on. the. Kremlin?and the ::ing Communist behavior. ?
Russians know all about it .
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A close friend explains why new CIA
Director George Bush is giving so
many interviews: "He's a public guy, .
and not going underground. He may?
. feel that's what the CIA needs--some-
. one out front doing a selling job.'? '
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! U.S. intelligence analysts make this
assessment of Cuban troops' perfor-
mance in....Angota: They were effective '
against an untrained, poorly armed
rabble, but would not stand up against
the well-trained armies of Latin Amer-
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ica the Mideast and?Asia. ,. ;
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'Newsmen in several capitals have been
approached recendy by friendly West-
ern intelligence agents with offers to
identify known Soviet KGB agents in
European cities.
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