EMBASSY FEARED OWN RADIATIONS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88B01125R000300120088-5
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 10, 2012
• Sequence Number: 88
• Publication Date: February 28, 1976
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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Declassified and Approved For Release 2012/05/10: CIA-RDP88B01125R000300120088-5
WASH rdGTOrI STAR
28 FEBRUARY 1976
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By Jeremiah O'Leary ? ?-. was sent to Moscow specifi-
Washingto.n Star Stall Writer . ? cally because of concern for
The State Department ?:.the health of Embassy ern-.
,. -..- .1.;-.-e:.:?-ls,:i:!:.!:::;:
was as concerned, that U.S. . Ployes
counter-electronic ? meas- :f: .- The disclosure that U.S.
ures raiaht be affecting the :, counter-intelligence7:elec.;
. health ox Moscow -Embassy .?.:,tronic measures.".'were
employes. as it was. about..... regarded as possible health
microwaves beamed at.the.;Ithreats goes a long- way to-
building by the Soviet, a '. -.;,- Ward explaining thecarefui
; U.S. official disclosed yes.; nd:,:limited" explanations
' terday.:-...e!??..---;?\:, -..- ?1---..:::., -;:-.?.:;-: being given -by Secretary of
The official; who askeir? State Henry ? A. ?,* Kissinger
that he not be named. said ......and his spokesman about
that when the current :the situation..'-
radiation.: scare started- ?,?-: - At a press conference two
.; several weeks ago the State.- weeks ago; Kissinger.said
Department thought it was :.onlY:-"This issue is a"mat-
a s likely that U.S. equip-.. ter 9! great delicacy which
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mint might he tiableme fore.- has-'.: many -.ramifications;
reported illnesses as Soviete Ye. have :made ? unilateral
jamming devices. ,... -.-:.... ?i-..::-:. efforts to. reduce " any. den-.
:- State. DepartrninC:. gets and we are- also en-
spokesman Robert Funseth.-!...gaged in discussions on the
said yesterday, however..:- subject. But I do not believa-
.. that the department's ' it would serve -these 'pur-
-e:- medical division has found .- poses if I :went : into any.
? no medical prahle= reiat_ . ,.: greater detail.?.?. :;.?;: ?
. ed to the. situation at , the:::' - At. the, time; - the phrase
' Embassy: A. mecii=1 tech-"unilateral efforts'!. had no
nician was sent from Wash-i-.....'spetial meaning, ...and ? re-
ington six weeks agoto run:,........ porters were left to specu-
blood tests and other checks 4.,-3ate-i it might, mean: the
on the 500 or more U.S. per-:-...,United States was reducing
. sonnet. he said_ --..; ....---:-.? its. use of listening devices
..? . :-.. .. . , .so. the Soviets. Wizen might
. FUN. SETH SAID a new 1.-t- reduce its listening or jam-
physician, Dr. Samuel.' --f raing devices...
Zweifel,. was sent to Mos- --- ? ' -.
Cow a week ago, but he aid.
Zweifel. was only trier& to.:
' permit,theney,ular Embas-:
:sy physican, Dr. Thomas:
Johnsoas., to : take. annual"
..,..... Sleave. ?
?: . Another _source - Zweifell
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? NOW IT appears 'that
there may have been great-
er potential threat from he
kind of microwaves gener-
. ated inside the Embassy
' than from the microwaves
beamed at it by the us
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Soviet officials privately
admitted to. the New York
Times earlier this ? week
that microwaves were
beamed at the Embassy to
-jam U.S. listening devices
on the roof. It rs no secret
that such microwave emis-
sions have been ? used by
both countries in Moscow
for at least .15 years.
?-Awere of the Soviet capa-
bility to listen in on Embas-
sy conversations from posts
.at least 'a block away, the
U.S.: Embassy has equip-
ment capable of erecting an
:electronic wall to jam such
interceptions. ?17 ? ?
?? One U.S. official said the
"unilateral" action referr-
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red..to by Kissinger may
have been a decision to re-
duce the ? level of the
Embassy's ocvn.- counter-
intelligence emissions for
the protection of Embassy
employes.. ...
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.1.?G'somar Eiplorei's:Barg-63.;
--.Mar Help Energy .Program.
----? SAN FRANCISCO (UPI): ? The
federal Energy ResearchThiulDiVel-
opment Administratiortsaid yester-
day it was taking over- the barge?at- ?
tached to the. Glamar-Explorer 'spy?
." ship to- set whetner, it. can be used in
research on enerzy.prodUctioh. from
. the sea:
The?agency .Said. it 'was.: taking ? .
"temporary.cuStodyT.of the Glomar:
Explorer's submersible. barge and
platform' used an attempt. to _raise . a
sunken- SoViet"Submarine -hi the
Pacific ERDA ? said it ..would
ribleto use the G1orn: r. Explorer-, it-.
Thor. Vessel f's clockstd
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