Kl-'1-'' uvea r-or Ke1ease LUU4 u u I JLr-1' - _ vvvvur--L -L-j-4•-· ·· - -1 - --·•' · - MEMORANDUM ' d-t T HE WHITE HOUSE ct WASHINGTON - ' 1 ' I O ' I' I 0 February 12 197 6 i ff MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT FROM BRENT SCOWCROFT SUBJ ECT D e fense Department View on Soviet Electronic Signals rt u5 en cl lit G Secretary Rumsfeld wanted you to know t he D epartment of Defense comme nts on the problem of the Soviet signal against the US Embassy in Moscow Tab A Defense feels that we must bear in mind the p ossibility th at some of the signals a r e __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___ or the activation or i nterrogation of audio devices implanted in the Embassy Therefore a ny discussion with the Russians about this problem mi h t r esult in unnec es sar limitations or restrictions on o urs elves On the va rious possible courses of action contained in my memorandwn to you the Defense position is I f b if we do L---- -- ----- ------r---- -- ---- - --- -- ---- - --- - - - --- --- --- -n o t reciprocate but demand t otal cessation of the Soviet signals we could cite the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Practice and we could threaten s uch measures as slowing down the construction of their E mbassy or holding up grain shipments c if we chaos e a reciprocal r eductio n Defense notes that it should c over a ll Soviet insta llations d Defense is apparently o pposed however to countering by jamming T he Defense position i s that we should take the position that the radiation is h azardous -±BP SECRB- P- SENSITIVE XGDS residential Library Re EquW Eit psoREVIEW COMPLETED 9 08 NLF-K-S_WWOF-29-2-3-4