- ---- -· --·-·- - • _ • ---· _ 11 'ii 6 -' -- ---- - ' A ' - 7 ' - - ' • 400 ' • • TO AFSA BOARD OF 6 APRIL 1 9 76 A FS A P ESI DEi s R EPORT 1 1 ' I SUBJECT1 Radiation and UHF and El ctrm-magnetic Dangers • 1 • I 0 Beginning- in 1960 the soviet Union directed highh frequency beams of radiation at the US Embassy in Moscow hich were calculated not to pick ug intellig nce but to cause physiol o gical effects on personnel • I • I •' l' 2 The effects the Soviets calculated to achieve in the personnel serving at least as · early as 1960 included a malaise b irritability c extreme _ fatigue At this time the Soviets believed that the • induced effects were temporary · 3 Subsequently it has been verified that the effects are not temporar 1• ··- oefi ri it·e1y· ··-1 1·ed to such radi·ation and Ul-iF VHF electr-o - magnetic waves are a cataracts b blood changes that induce he art attacks · c malig nnncies d circul tory problems e permanent deteriorat of the nervous system · · ' • • • • • - Q 4 • In most c ses the after effects do not become evident· uritil long after -exposure-- a decade or n re • -- 5 It is not in 1'1oscow alor e where these dangers have occ11r rc d 6 So v iet radiat on standards- - if they Dre enforccd - -are 1 c-11 1 01·e st1- ingent than US sta d rds by a quantum J 1 p--a f ictor of 10 or hi ghe r • • • • • 7 8 __ • in all probn i - 'i his 1' f1Uip r 1rnl is all ov·cr 1- oscow the Iron Curtain posts s 211 as otr er a1·eas • • 9 ' I 7 r 1J1d si 1 • • ref ore t 1 inost xp' s1 1re r1 1 s c1 cur -ed from U S equipment 1n our o wn e bassies r · 1c • • It is a f ct that the Depart ent of St te has n de no e f fort to contact all person11el st itio11C d in l'-1osco· • s1 ce the danger bcg 11 much less in all of the other · lJOsts cor cern0d • Three months have passed • u • 1 0 T11erefore tl1e ·p ossibili official coverup should yto a cpart e t of State Al· Si Do a rd s 11o u l d c on s id no e ' v 1 o o ea ' a 1-id th e of the Extraordinary Daer appo1n 1ng a new chairman time to devot ngers ornra1ttee who will have e greater attention to the matters at hand • - - • • J • • • w - J •• • I •