'BUGGING' EMBASSIES - WAY OF DIPLOMATIC LIFE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP74-00297R001600030005-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 31, 2014
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: May 24, 1964
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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M AY 2 4 1964
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By David W..isc which the Russians hayi pre-, _ V. ?
? al Tfl lie-rold?Frstp-u-re Stoll sented to the American Em;
? bassy in Moscovi in 1945. Not
WASHING'F011.
until 1952 was the trans-
"The microphones are. al- ? mitter discovered inside the
, ready there and it is Only the., carved eagle in the ? great sea;?:',.
foreigner who has to he of the U.S.
. installed." The ? network of micro-1'. ?
.t .
phones in the wall 'was pre- ,
Former CIA Director Allen sumably installed by the Rus-??
' W. Dulles was referring to sians in 1952 when they re-
Moscow hotel rooms whenthe modeled the ten-story build-.\
used those words in his recent lag on Tschaikowsky St. and
turned it over to the U.S.....
; book, "The Craft of Intel-.
l.cnce" (Harper which moved in the following:..
.1i dr, Row), -
yea.r.
, but his prophetic observation, ? ...
1 as ? it turned out last week, ' ' Despite repeated "sweeps"':
: . might equally have applied to . 'by embassy Security person- ,, '?.
the United States Embassy \ nel, using electronic anti.- ;,...
"in the Soviet capital. bugging devices; the wail . ... '
, ?? mikes apparently went un-
nein disclosed last Tuesday ?????
. when the State' Depart-
? ? ? detected until last month, .? ,
: - ?
when the security men actu- ' ?
' that the Russians, for. eleven 0- 'ator artar:::
) :' years, have been in a position
ally demolished .the walls of ,
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an entire room. "We had a
: to hater) in on conversations ? feeling there was something
?
, I .in the American Embassy.? there.'.' one official told news- ?
? through a network of more.
?
than 40 m men liSt week.
icrphones im- ?..
Exactly' what led to this
? beddedin the building's walls
feeling remains a inysteiy,
? ?it, wa.s only the latest bit
."
.1 of evidence that "bugging" although there are uncon-
firmed reports that one or ;?
i?a fact of international
? diplomatic life. ? ?; moi:e 'Soviet defectors may
lave tipped? off .the security -? ? ???
The cold war that began.'. .
" not have. the, man' power," . stalled. in , Offices and resi-
ipeonIi? to take a look inside?
after World War?II, combined,
with the startling develop-:
the 'walla. Officials said'
one official ? said.- when the' dences."
.,;
? In 1955 Konrad Adenauer, then . ? ? ?.? !;'r
West German Chancellor, worked
And slept in.his. railrpad car
rather titan. 'in i 'MOSCOW hote4
.and thus.. rt,n ? able..lo..foil
eavesdroppei7s.in..the,Soviet Capital.
.".,
:?question was .askede.,
' -are .normally ques-:
mcnts .in electronic eaves- .lectors
. ? The possibility exists,' of '''.
tioned as a matter of course' :.
". The failure to ,ehop into a ... course, that U. S.' security ex?el. ' .
dropping in recent years..-:. . ,wall for eleven ! :years was
about any knowledge they m ay perts knew of the wall mikes:.
.:: made it inevitable that the ': h . even more. ;puziling in the and held loud, frequent and
: :. Russians' would try to bug Al?.'. ave of. ? electronic penetra- .-light of one s entence in ' the' " misleading *conversations for :
tion efforts directed at West- ' the U. fi; and vice versa. ? .. -.. .;
While both sides indulge in '..:..ern. installatons.,'. . State Department announce- ?.. the benefit of listening So-..??????"?-?
ment::,?:"United? :States per-'?..viet intelligence men. On the
1 Mr. practice, the Soviets, as l'i: Still officials Who briefed
Smile' at niany..:Poits are ?in- ' :other hand, a more likely ex.:1?
Nr. Diilles has noted, seem ...?reliorters .. .612.'... the. Moscow...-.
? ? 1.. , ?
I
? : to favor the Trojan liorse:.?:'..mi)ces did riot .offer anY con; .,?stxucted always ' to ? act :?on...:.1planatton,rests with the tech-4:
?,.1UN Ambassador Benry Cabot 'Atoll of why ..the :walls, had .ljng - cl.e'ilea.;
'. have', been ., In-??,-; mikes. ? ? :...., ,'-',
Lodge .. displayed. the. now-: ,,not.? been ' explored sooner,' .:. ? ? ? . .....
1..tamous bugged wooden eapa..: .: say .tenlears. ago. 'erWe? did' ..,
method. On MaY 26, 1960;',....,vincing or.defined assutinA,ion , that .litten-::nical aspects of. the Moscow .1 ?
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