SOVIET CHARGES U.S. WITH BUGGING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00965R000403310001-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 9, 2012
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: April 10, 1987
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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10 ADril 1987
Soviet Charges U.S. With Bugging
By BILL KELLER
Special to The New York Timer
MOSCOW, April 9 - The Soviet,
Union struck back today in the em-,
,bassy bugging dispute, displaying an
array of devices described as eaves-
dropping equipment planted by Amer-
ican agents at'Soviet diplomatic mis-
sions in the United States.
Soviet officials said in a news confer-
ence that they were making the devices
public to counter allegations that the
new American Embassy building here
was so riddled with listening devices
that it might have to be demolished.
Parts of the news conference were
broadcast on the television news.
Some devices seemed identical to de-
vices shown in Soviet press photo-
graphs in 1980, when the United States
was also accused of having bugged
Soviet diplomatic missions.
A Foreign Ministry spokesman,
Boris D. Pyadyshev, said the display
today was "material evidence of whq
really intrudes into the sovereign terrii
tory of others." Secretary of Stat?
plate of what was described at a
bugged television antenna amplifier
bore the name Blonder-Tongue Labo?
ratories, of Old Bridge, N.J.
[At Blonder-Tongue, a man who
described himself as a longtime em-
ployee said that the company made
television reception accessories for
the "general market" and that he
had "no knowledge of our products
being used in bugging devices."l
When Mr. Miroshkin was asked
about the relative sophistication of
Soviet and American bugging equip-
ment, he smiled and said he woulc
"leave that to the experts."
Mr. Pyadyshev said another newt
conference will be held Friday at the
Soviet Embassy in Washington.
George P. Shultz had contended
Wednesday that Soviet agents "in
vaded our sovereign territory."
On Eve of Shultz's Talks
Mr. Pyadyshev said the uproar over
embassy security on the eve of Mr;
Shultz's talks here next week "play$
into the hands of the extremist, milita'
rist right wing in the United States,
which has a stake in maintaining ten?
sions and an atmosphere of hostility."
President Reagan said this week that
Soviet diplomats would not be allowed
to occupy their new working quarters
in Washington until he was convinced
that the new American embassy build-
ing here was secure.
Mr. Pyadyshev said that the Soviet,
Union was reluctant to mar relations
by raising the issue of embassy securi-
ty, but that the American charges
"could not be left unanswered."
While accusing the United States of
eavesdropping on Soviet diplomatic
missions, he declined to reply directly
when asked whether Soviet agents here
had engaged in similar activity
"It is up' to each person whether to
believe this information," he said.
Some Devices Found Recently
Another official, Ivan N. Miroshkin of
the Foreign Ministry's Security Serv-
ice, i
said some of the bugging devices
shad been found at the new Soviet com-
pound in Washington in the last few
days, and others had been collected
earlier at the consulate in San Francis.
co, in apartments of Soviet employees
of the United Nations, in the trade mis-
ision in
outside Washington. a a country
Mr. Miroshkin said the devices had
been found in window sealant, televi-
sion antennas, building foundations;
roof beams, walls and floors. He said
security officers had discovered a tun-
nel with listening devices under the San
Francisco consulate.
Some wires and batteries on display
bore English markings, and the cover
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