THE RUSSIAN RADIATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP88B01125R000300120109-1
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 10, 2012
• Sequence Number: 109
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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Declassified and Approved For Release 2012/05/10: CIA-RDP88B01125R000300120109-1
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Russian Radiation
r~fl HE AT FIUDE cf the State Department toward
.. the contin ::ing and possibly harmful microwave
rad:atii,n that the Russians have hen beaming at the
U.S. Er.:crasy in Moscow defies belief. One would
t!:i,ik the de; ;:rtment would h .ve demanded lone
a,io that this nerve-wraci?:ing thre2t to the health of
:\:nericans--iis own en,. to ees, after all-be termi-
rat d. But no. The radiation has gene on for years. In
the months since it bc;a;ne public knowledge, the de-
partment has pit. ssyfooted inexix.. ably. The other
dav, for instance, a de fkar tment spokesinan con-
t; nded that radiation at the present reduced level
poses "no cause for cc.ncerr,." He reported, ho:t'ever,
that a S20,),0010-yes, S.3tA).Oc -study had been com-
;nitisioaed of embassy medical records. A light slap on
the Russians' wrist was delivered. Negotiations will
continue, it was declared.
The radiations. of course. not only a health hazard
of uncertain dimensions but a con'.inuing affront to"
l;: Ili?:tonal dignity c: the Unit,_,_' S:'ies. "Vii), does
the State Department take this double blow so mild-
iv? 1v'hat is there to negotiate? Evidently the Rus-
sians are directing the beans at American electronics
equipment on or in the embassy building; dip!o:nats
and their families live on the lower floors. But tite
United States, or so it Is cortz:ry?ed without soviet de-
nial,,does not try to inter ere with or counter l J?:iet
electronics eouipinent on the Soviet e_rba~7