LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT FROM DANTE B. FASCELL

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• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 7, 2012
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• Publication Date: October 3, 1988
• Content Type: LETTER

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OCA 3405-88
October 6, 1988
Dear Bill:
On behalf of the President, I would like to.-thank'you for
your letter of October 3., cosigned by Chairman Fascell,
regarding the status of the new U.S. embassy office-building
in Moscow.
You may be assured.that.we welcome . receiving your recommenda-
tions.. Your suggestions are being relayed to the President's
senior advisers for prompt attention and consideration.
Thank you again for taking the time to write.
With best wishes,
Cordially,_
Alan M. Kranowitz
Assistant to the President
The Honorable William S. Broomfield
Committee on Foreign Affairs
House of Representatives
-Washington, D.C. 20515
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ST EN J. SOLARZ, NEW YORK
-CON BONKER. WASHINGTON
GERRY E. STUDDS. MASSACHUSETTS
DAN MICA. FLORIDA
HOWARD WOLPE, MICHIGAN
GEO. W. CROCKETT. JR., MICHIGAN
SAM GEJDENSON, CONNECTICUT
MERVYN M. DYMALLY. CALIFORNIA
TOM LANTOS, CALIFORNIA
PETER H. KOSTMAYER, PENNSYLVANIA
ROBERT G. TORRICELLI. NEw JERSEY
LAWRENCE J. SMITH, FLORIDA
HOWARD L BERMAN, CALIFORNIA
MEL LEVINE, CALIFORNIA
EDWARD F. FEIGHAN, OHIO
TED WEISS. NEW YORK
GARY L ACKERMAN, NEw YORK
MORRIS K. UDALL ARIZONA
CHESTER G. ATKINS, MASSACHUSETTS
JAMES McCLURE CLARKE. NORTH CAROLINA
JAIME B. FUSTER. PUERTO RICO
JAMES H. BILBRAY, NEVADA
WAYNE OWENS. UTAH
FOFO IF. SUNIA, AMERICAN SAMOA
JOHN J. BRADY. JR.
CHIEF OF STAFF
__One 1nndredth Congress
Congress of the united tate,o
(zommittee on foreign affairs -
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gashington, DE 205)5
October 3, 1988
The President
The White House
Washington, D.C. 20500
WILLIAM S. BROOMFIELD, MICHIGAN
BENJAMIN A. GILMAN, NEW YORK
ROBERT J. LAGOMARSINO. CALIFORNIA
JIM LEACH. IowA
TOBY
ROTH. WISCONSIN
OLYMPIA J. SNOWS. MAINE
-.---HENRY J. HYDE. ILLINOIS .
GERALD B.H. SOLOMON. NEW YORK
DOUG BEREUTER. NEBRASKA
ROBERT K. DORNAN, CALIFORNIA
CHRISTOPHER H. SMITH, NEW JERSEY
CONNIE MACK. FLORIDA
MICHAEL DEWINE, OHIO
DAN BURTON, INDIANA
JAN MEYERS, KANSAS
JOHN MILLER. WASHINGTON
DONALD E."BUZ" LUKENS. OHIO
BEN BLAZ, GUAM
STEVEN K. BERRY
MINORITY CHIEF OF STAFF
We are writing to you about a subject of great.. interest to us and other.
Members of Congress, the status. of the U.S. Embassy's New Office Building in
Moscow. ,
As you know, we were two of the first members of Congress to?call the
attention of the American public to reports about technical problems at the
U.S. Embassy's new building in the Soviet Union. We were deeply concerned
about allegations that the Soviets had installed numerous electronic listening
systems in the new structure.
We understand that the Department of State recently-received an extensive
report from private. consultants who presented a range of options concerning the
future of the New. Office Building.. While. we are--unaware--of-the-Department's
final recommendations regarding the future status of the building, it is our
understanding that the nature of. the Soviet "bugging" efforts of our new
building would preclude retaining that structure. We strongly believe that
future Americans assigned to Moscow must be given a secure environment in which
to work, and perform the important mission of Embassy Moscow.
^^ We understand that you may soon be making a decision regarding the New
deconstruction of the existing unfinished structure and that a new and'
technically secure facility be constructed in the near future. We also hope
that you will maintain your policy position of not allowing the U.S.S.R. to
occupy its chancery building on Mt. Alto until our government has occupied the
new and secure-embassy facility in Moscow.
We commend you for your leadership on.the issue of embassy security and
hope that you will consider our recommendation.
--With-best-wishes--we--are--
William S. Broomfield
Ranking Republican Member
Sincerely,
Dante B. Fascell
Chairman
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