' • - - 029350 I FQ ncT-01 ' - ---- COPY NO OF 3 STATE DEPT DECIASSIFICATION REVIEW Retain Class'n Change to _ _ __ Declassify in part and excise as shown EO 12958 25X _ _ __ • • 001 R D FT D Sy UK SOV KLBAKRY MGAkHI ON MB AP ov 0 bY M R EArLEBURGER C SON E FELUT ESIRED DISTPIBUTIGN • IB Declassify D After _ _ _ _ _ __ D With c9 qcµrrence _ _ not ob¢ned 1PS by ·r'V Date le - Q2 t lG NOl T ANb lt TO ISO 077076 0 60226Z FEB 76 ZFF4 FM SEC TATE WASHOC To ANEMb 6SY MOSCOW IACT IMMEOI TE ODIS ChEROKEE FOR THE AM ASSADOR FROM EAGLEBURGEH TAGS ASEC US UR SUBJECT MOSCOW SIGNAL R f A MOSCO 1758 ·ra MOSCOW 1696 1 YOU SHOULD IMMEDIATELY PROCEED TO BRIEF EMPLOYEES ON CLASSifitD BASIS IN SMALL GROUPS AS PROPOSED IN REF A YOU SHOULD STRESS IMPORTANCE OF AVOIDING PESS 0 S f On H S AT TH I S CR I T I-C L JUN Ci URE A - D AD t I SE EMP L OYEES THAT THEY SrlOULD TELL DEPEN E TS LINlY THtT · THER WAS A PROBLEM HICH IS ON AY TO SO UTIDN BUT ThAT SPECULA• TIDN A90UT IT IN THE PRESS MIGHT UNDO THE SOLUTION 2 PR€G A T O N A D OTH R ITH POTENTIAL MED CAL PROBLEMS S OULD BE BRIEFED SEPARATELY WITH PAPTIC PA• T OH BY o e POLLACK AND JOH SON AR ANGEMEMTS MAY BE M DE p ·iE DIATELY TO 1 EDE '✓ AC PREGMA H WOMEjlj FuR iESTS ECO MEN0ED PARA 5 tF -¼ 'J ' 'ii -ul ANY MEDICA DMINI T ATIVE -E-'F- DeClA88lflff l O 1295e SEC 1 6- DEPT GU IDELINEI st k · ¥_1 ' __ i _ _ _ _ _ NAflA Oil TE # o I _1_IT T s J- NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY r l I Department of Stiite TELEGRAM P 06LE S CAN BE RAISED IN M MEO CHANNEL WIThOUT REFERENCE TO SIGNAL PR08LEMs 'i Vg CLASSIFIED FACT SHEET SHOULD BE REVISED TO INCLUDE LATEST l FO M TION GN SIGN L LEVELS -nn CT 4 • i L P ES S QUE RI ES SH OU L D 6 E ANS i'1 ER ED rl 11· S 11 NO CUM i i EN 1' 11 AND EVER V f FF li R T SH OU L O B E MADE T0 DISSUADE CORRESPONDENTS FkOM FILING SPECULATIVE STORIES 59 FOLLOWING ARE REVISED TALKING POINTS FOR BRIEFING - I KNOW THAT T ERE HAS EEN A GREAT DEAL OF SPECULATION OF LATe ftBOUT HAT IS GOING ON HERE SPECULATION WHICH AS FUELED BV THE CANCELLATION OF ThE GENERAL BRIEFING S CH UL E O FOR Th LJ S Oti Vo I AP PR E C I AT E fr1 t T A DI F F I CUl T SITUATION THIS CREATES AND AM GRATEFUL TC YOU ALL FOR YOUR FORE6EARANCE •• WHAT I AM GOING TO TELL YOU TODAY AND WHAT I HAO PLANNED TO TELL YOU AT THE PREVIOUS BRIEFING IS A ATTER OF GREAT SENSITIVITY SINCE IT INVOLVES ALL OF YOU PERSONALLY YOU hAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW THE FACTS BUT I AM AEK hG YOU TO K EP IT IN STRICTEST CONFIDENCE WITHIN ThE NbASSV STAFF YOU SHOULD NOT DISCUSS IT W iH UNOFFICIAL AMERICANS A O ESPECIAlLY NOT ITH JOURNALISTS AND YOU SHDULO NOT DISCUSS IT WITH OFFICIAL AMERICANS OTHER THAN THOSE STATIONED HERE IN MOSCOW THIS IS ECAUSE WE ARE NOW MAKING PROGRESS IN RESOLVING THE PROSLEM PROGRESS WHICH MAY NDT BE POSSIBLE SHOULD TriERE BE A GLARE OF PUBLICITY - THE PROBLEM WE HAVE TO CONTEND ITH IS ONE • FLOW INTENSITY RADIO WAVES WHICH HAVE BEEN BEAMED AT THE E16ASSV BY SOVIET INSTALLATIONS FOR A NUMBER QF YEARS FOR A TI E CURI G THE LATTER HALF OF LAST YEAR TH INCREASED POWER ANO EXTENDED DURATION OF THESE SIGNALS ECA E A MATTtR OF CDNCE N BECAUSE OF PGSSIBLE IM L • CATIONS FOR THE HEALTH OF THOSE WhO LIV AND WORK HERE AT PRESENT THE LEVEL • F INTENSITY riAS BEEN GREATLY REDUCED ONCE MORE WHICH SOME HAT R UCES OUR SE C -Fis L NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY N 0 D I s Department of Sfate i· TELEGRAM- 02935 CONCERN ND ENCOURAGES US TO TRY TO AOHIEVE - UR MAIN AI TO GET THE SIGNALS TURNED OFF ENTIRELY F ILING ro AC IEVE A COMPLETE TU N-OFF rE WILL TAKE OTHER MEAa0RE6 HICH WILL LOWER THE LEVEL -Of R DIATIO IN THE EM ASSV TO ZERO FOR ALL PRACTICAL U POSES • •• L T hE SAY FIRST OF ALL THAT WE KNOW OF NO REASON FQ AL •H M• EV E' N AT TH q GH ER LEVEi S i' HI CH CAUS ED OUR CQ l CER 1 T I f AMOU h T OF R A t l A T I OIll T O WH I CH E MB A SS Y N 0 D I s N 0 D I s _ i I ' E PLOYEES E a EXPOSED ERE FAR B LLij ThE NE STANDARD WHICH LI S ESEARCHERS HAVE ESTAB ISHEO AS THE SAFETY THRESHOLD IN THE u s THIS SAFETY LEVEL HAS BEEN SET AT 10 00 MICROWATTS PER SQUAHE CENTINETER FOR 8 HOURS A DAY THE SOVIETS HAVE TAKEN A MORE CONSERVATIVE APPROACH ANO THEIR RESEARCHERS HAVf SET j SAFETY LEVEL OF 10 MICROWATTS PER SQUARE CENTIMETER FOR 8 HOUhS AS YO CA SEE THE U S SAFETY LEVEL IS 1 0 TIME IGHER THA THE ·SOVIET AFET LEV L •• YOU SHGULD NOT CONFUS THIS NON•IONIZING RADIATION WITH THAT FROM THE RADIOACTIVE SU STA CES SUCH AS RADIUM AND URANIUM you MAY HAVE EXPERIENCED NON ONIZI G RADIATION IN DIATHERMY TREATMENT FOR SORE MUSCLES AND IT IS WSEO IN MICROWAVE-DV NS IN MANY KITCHENS IT IS GENERATED BY RADAR RADIO AND T LEVISION LET ME REVIEW THE HISTORY IN THE 1501s RADIO OPERATORS · I OUR EMBASSY FIRST DETECTED AN UNIDENTIFIED RADIO SIGNAL BY THE EARLY _1501s OUR TECHNICIANS WERE AeLE TO PIN DO N THE EXISTENCE OF THIS CONTINUOUS MICROWAVE IGNAL DIRECTED AT THE EMBASSY FROM A NEARBY APARTMENT I'LL CALL THIS SIGNAL NO 1 IT OPERATED DAILY UNTIL MAY 1975 AT A RELATIVELY LOW LEVEL WHICH WILL LAT R COMPARE WITH OTHER SIGNALS s - IN ThE SPRING GF 1972 A' NE SIGNAL NO 2 WAS DETECTED IT APPEARED O LY SPORADICALLY ThEN SOON CEASl D ·SECRET- - NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRET ARY t• ' Department of State PAGE 04 STATE TEtEGRAM 029350 •• YET ANUTHE SIG AL NO 3•A APPEARED ON T E SCENE BRIEFLY IN 1973 AND AGAIN IN 197 FOR ONLY A FEW t 4 YS 0 TH i I '1 E5 IT I' AS STRONGER t3 UT tJ F L i TL E CO NCER N T THAT TIHE BECAUSE IT QUICKLY STOPPED N 1 A' j J ' · 197 5 h Ol·d VE 1 IT RE APP f ARE I AND HA 5 8 Er IN REGULAR OPERATION SINCE THAT TIME AT A60UT THE SA ME TIM SIGNAL NO 1 DISAPPEARED - IW OCTOBER 1975 A SIGNAL SIMILAR TO NO 3•A BEGAN OPERATING FRCH A SECOND LOCATION SO AT THIS TIME T E TWO SIGNALS 3 A AND 3•B ARE OPERATING USUALLY JlJST ONE AT A TI E RECENTLY AS SAID TME PQ HER LEVELS OF THE SI GNALS HAVE BE N GREATLY RED UCED BECAU E OF THE DIRECTIONAL NATURE OF ThE SIGNAL THE LEVEL OF RA UIATI O V R IES GRE-TLY FROM PLACE TO PLACE I THE EM ASSYe GENERALLY SPEAKI NG THE HIGHEST LEVELS ARE FOUND 0 THE TOP FLOORS OF THE CENTqAL WI NG •• SIGNALS 3 A AND 3•8 HAVE BEEN MEASURED WITH SOPHISTICATED EQUIPMENT W ICH SHOWED THAT RADIATION LEVELS SLIGHTLY EXCEEDED T E saV ET SAFETY STANDARD I i'i A f-' F 111 L OCAT I ON S O1'1 T H E TOP 4 F Ll' l ORS • THE HI GHES T REt D NGS -lJP TO 12 9 MICfW WATTS• l ERE ON BALCONIES CR IN FRONT OF OPEN INDOWS ON THOSE FLOOHS •• AT PRESENT WE ARE BACK TO THE PRE•MAY SITUiTION W TH POHER LEVELS WELL BELOW ·ANY ACCEPTABLE SAFtTY STA DARD IT REMAINS OUR GOAL TD G T ALL ThlS RADIATION TURNED OFF PROMPTLY WE ARE TAKING STEPS WHICH E HOPE wILL EAD TO THIS GOAL aF ST JU l GM EMT t·S T HA i f AM I I ES AN O EMP L n YEE S IN THE E aASSY NEED NOT HAVE ANY CONCER FOk T EIR HEALTH A G ELL EING 1 tVEN AT THE HIGH R LEVELS i-i -l Ci- ft PPLIEO UNTIL PEC 'TLY f'UfiTHE R 1 0P E OUR PRESENT KNO LEDGE I OICATES THAT EVEN F BIOMEDIC L CriANGES HAD B EN CAUS D BY RADIATION LEVELS TD WHICH A -FE W OF YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN EXPOSED SU CH CHANGES '• 0 UR SE CR 'f- -l NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTRORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY Department of State -$ECRET TELEGlAM ARE REVERSIBLE BY SIMPLY ENDING THE EXPOSURE EVEN AT TH SE R DUCED LEVELS WE MAY D CIDE TO INSTALL PROTECTIVE SCREE ING HICH ENON HAVE dN HANO IN ALL EXPOSED WINOOW WITHIN A SHORT TI E IF WE H VE NUT MAnE PROGRESS N OUR EFFORTS TO GET THE SI N4L TURN D OFF BtCAUSE OF TH DELICATE NiTURE OF THESE EFFORTS I AM OT AT LIBERTY TO DISCUSS HEM WITH YG BUT SUFFICE IT TO SAY THAT ThERE IS SOME PROSPECT FOR SUCCESS aa - IN THE MEANTIME IF ANY OF YOU FEEL MOkE SECURE IF YOUR INDOWS BE SCREENED WE hILL OF COURSE PROCEED TO I STALL l I WOULD ONLY ASK THAT YOU OT REVcAL THE RE SON FOR THESE STEPS TO PEOPLE OUTSIDE THE OFFICIAL COM UNITY IN OROER TriAT WE AY AVOID PJRLICITY THAT WOULD INTERFERE WITH THE FFORTS I HAV Rf FERED TO -- I AM GOING TO ASK you NOT TO BRIEF YOUR DEPENDENTS AT T S TIME BEYOND SAYI G THAT THERE WAS A ENVIRONw ME TAL PROBLEM WXTH POTENTIAL HEALTH I PLICATIO NS WHICH IS NOW UNDER CONTROL AND THAT CONFIOE TIALITY S ESSENTIAL AT THIS POINT IN O DER TO PREVENT PRESS SPECULATION A D TO GIVE US THE BEST CHANCE OF GETTING THE SIGNAL COMPLETELY TURNED OFF THOSE kIT SPECIAL MEDICAL PROBLEMS INCLUDING PREGNANT WOMEN WILL BE CO TACTED INDIVIDUALLY BY DR JOHNSON ANO DR POLLACK •• MEANWHILE IF QUESTIONS ARISE ABOUT POSSIBLE EFFECTS OF THE SIGNALS ON YOUR HEALTH you SHOULD IMMEOIATE Y DISCUSS THEM ITH DRc JOHNSONJ IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE POINTS I HAVE MADE I WILL oE GLAD TO TRY TO ANSWER THE WITH THE h LP OF DR hERBERT POLLOCK A RECOGNIZ D AUTHORITY IN THE FIELD 6 SECRETARY SPEC FitALLY HAS INSTRUCTED ME TO EMPHASIZE Ta YOU THAT THIS HAS NOW DEVELOPED INTO A MAJOR FOREIGN POLICY PROBLEM AND THAT YOU MUST DO ALL YOU CAN TO ASSURE NO REPEAT NO LEAKS WHICH TriE SOVIETS W00LD ALMOST CERTAI LV VIEW AS A MEANS Or EM8A RASSING THEM THEREBY -e ECRE-T---- NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY Department f State TELEGRAM PtRHAPS DESTROYING HATEVER HOPES THERE MAY NO W BE FOR RES OLVHI G 'q I_S Dl F F I CUL P ROF3 L EM O 1CE AN D FOR ALL ri I S S J NG I R -1 l • -4 j L NOT TO BE REPRODUCED WITHOUT THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY