U.S. INVESTIGATING ENVOY SOCIALIZING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00965R000705970001-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 12, 2011
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: May 5, 1987
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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U,S. INVESTIGATING
ENVOY SOCIALIZING
By ELAINE SCIOLINO
Special to The New York Time
WASHINGTON, May 4 -;me State
Department is investigating several
cases in which American diplomats
may have violated rules against unau-
thorized socializing with foreigners in
sensitive posts overseas, a high-rank-
ing State Department official said to-
day. He said the diplomats might be
reassigned or recalled.
The official, Robert E. Lamb, Assist-
ant Secretar y of State for Diplomatic
Security, also said the State Depart-
ment and other Federal agencies in-
vestigated more than 10 American em-
bassy staff members every year be-
cause of unauthorized socializing with
foreign employees and residents. Many
of these employees are either reas-
signed or recalled.
"By and large career diolom
recognize overtures for what th
an re rt em sal Mr. Lamb d
cuss g techniques o oviet bloc intel-
li1ence agen an interview "When
an employee oesn t recognize them
for what they are, he or she will be in-
vestigated and transferred."
Cases Kept Secret
Such cases are kept secret to prevent
violations of privacy laws. But Mr.
Lamb said secrecy was also important
to avoid creating a climate in which
American governmental employees
would be afraid to admit unauthorized
socializing.
The problem of unauthorized social-
izing is more widespread than is gen-
ergily acknowledged and extends far
beyond the most recent incident in
which two Marine guards formerly
posted in Moscow have been charged
with allowing Soviet agents into the
most sensitive areas of the United
States Embassy. The marines were re-
portedly involved with two Soviet
women who worked at the embassy
"It's not just the marines," said Mr.
Lamb. "The Soviets will target anyone
they can."
Bs said Soviet bloc and Communist-
ddgtlnated nations used socializing
both.. inside and outside their own coun-
tries as a classic espionage technique.
The degree of social contact allowed
between-American embassy employ-
ees and local residents varies with the
sensitivity of the post and the per-
ceived extent of a threat. Most rules
governing social contact are confiden-
tial, and some are secret, according to
Administration officials.
NEW YO:;r. " IMES
5 'lay 1987
Business Contacts Allowed
lowed, but social contacts in Soviet bloc
countries and some Communist-domi-
nated countries are severely limited.
t'One-on-one social contacts are gen-
erally precluded in these places," a
State Department official said.
" There are also rules on how to report
each social and business contact. But
Administration officials say the nature
and extent of the social contact de-
&nds to a large degree on the attitude
of the individual ambassador.
'Tn the 1970's, an American ambasa-
polit-
dor in Eastern was recallwho was a ed because he
ical appointee '
became involved with a woman who
American officials believed was a
member of the K.G.B., the Soviet intel-
ligence service, according to Adminis-
tration officials.
American officials working at the
United States Interests Section in
Havana and the United States Em-
bassy in Managua have been sent
home in recent years after dating local
women.
A Case Is Closed
The State Department spokesman,
Charles E. Redman, said today that the
State Department, the Central Intelli-
get}pe Agency and the Federal Bureau
of Investigation thoroughly investi-
gated and then closed a case involving
the wife of Harry G. Barnes Jr., the
Ambassador to Chile, who had an af-
fair with an embassy chauffeur when
her husband was Ambassador to
Rumania a decade ago.
Referring to a report about the in-
CiRedman said, "This does refer to in-
cidents that occurred nearly 10 years
ago, or over 10 years ago."
He said that the investigation of Mr.
Oarnes's wife, Elizabeth, concluded
"that there was no effort to take advan-
tage of the situation, and no compro-
mise or breach of security took place."
STAT
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