THE DIRECTOR OF THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, ADMIRAL STANSFIELD TURNER

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP99-00498R000100120058-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 20, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 20, 2007
• Sequence Number: 58
• Publication Date: November 14, 1977
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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T. . LL.L I GENCE AGE C?I'.' DMI RL `-. f RNS IELo TURNER, SAID Trtt.`i=? s Yf;-r
VIE EAVESDROPPING ON PRI T E LONG-OISTFN E TELEPHONE
COMMUNICATIONS IN THE UNITED i STATES ..
PRESENTED A k.'-~'.'N%3}'i: TO THE
COUNTRY.
. U1 i RRL TURNER TOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE i HR 7 PRECAUTIONS
WERE BEING TRXEN AGAINST THE EAVESDROPPING AND SAID THE CARTER
MINISTRATION WOULD 3i:;r?E A POLICY STATEMENT ON F
SOON.
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HE SAID UNAUTHORIZED MVi?~fTORi}!:. OF ' COMMERCIAL MICROWAVE
TRANSMISSIONS WAS P PROBLEM LL ' OVER THE WORLD AND i ~v1_
L y + R LL R..~ Lit } t HAS DONE ~.? ?S:
TERR Rs-. .L. .pr .;PNGSTERS AND FOREIGN 1NOUSTAIRL SPIES.
THE t? DIRECTOR SAID HE RUSSIAN MONITORING ''IS DONE FROM
THEIR EMBASSY IN MR H_N., f`?N. WS A DANGER TO '{.'i AND SOMETHING
WE VE ? PHEN PRECAUTIONS P PIN T.
KNONG PRECAUTIONS UNDER STUDY WERE ENCODING MESSRSESs
DISCOURAGING DISCUSSION OF SENSITIVE ISSUES OVER THE TELEPHONES
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AND USEING CABLES INSTEAD OF TELEPHONE LINES HE - I '`'
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ADMIRAL TURNER ALSO COMMENTED ON THE E:ON PRO iEN S OF THE
U. S. EMBASSY IN MOSCOW ''INVIDIOUS''
~~ Ii T MICROWAVES i f ~? A}'i 3 PRACTICE INTENDED TO INTERFERE WITH } }'iERICAN ACTIVITIES IN
THE SOVIET CAPITAL.
BUT HE SAID THERE WAS NO EASY WRY TO STOP IT. ''YOU'D HAVE
TO 00 I T BY PERSUASION RRTHER THAN BY FORCES'' HE .~?-rIL{'"
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r: Efn "; ANOTHER t..gi FiiB?E{ T3 HE SAID RECENT PERSONNEL CUTS BY HIS
AGENCY 0. -
WERE PLANNED BY HIS PRECESSORS IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE
=rNPN BU ILO-UP. HE SAID THE CUTS 010 NOT SIGNAL MORE EHPHP I=
ON TECHNOLOGICAL ZNTELLIGENCE-GATHERING AT THE EXPENSE OF HUMAN
INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIESA
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