-- J _ •o oeo o • e o ••• 4CIO • • 4 - • O o • o 9 0 0 • e ee DE AR-n- EM'f Ofi T r -iEMO NDUM 0 e 0 ' April 28 1976 SECRET II I I TO A SY EX - Mr Victor Dikeos FROM EUR SOV SUBJECT Rep o r t of Radia tion at Spas o Hou se in 19 59 rp 'Ro b er t I B a r ry '- v ------------- Mr J ames Golden who nm• wo rk s for t he Depar t - en t o f Justice ' s loc2 l lat-1 e nforc e 1 ent div isi o n here in · Washington 376 -3659 C aJ7 e to see Dr Ha t son t c day to tell him of a n experien c e h e ha d uhe n he wa s wi t h t h e Sec r et Service a c c o mpanying Vic e · P r es iden t Ni x cn to Moscow in 1959 Golden $aid that he and oth ers in t h e d etail had • t_e s 2 r a f -i l - pr i n s _t 9 carry in e b ee1 J s5 u d ct- o s 1 1 12 S9v 1 et Dn 1 on He hao been on tne adv a nce p ar t y a -1d · · - - 3 cc- 1 had det e c te d no re a dings duri ng th e three we ek s h e wa s her e b ef ore Ni x on's arriva l Howe verr when Nixc was s tay ing in Spa s o qouse Golc e n cl a ims th2 t his dosimete beg an to ister a nd d id 2 0 f o r - a co upl e of ia y s He bor ow d dosir i ete cs fror o t h b - s on t h e d e b il an d they rea - t · i in th e s2 me w · y Ai · er h e h a d comp l a ined loud y b o ut t h e situa t irn t o lis t ening devices Golden c la ims th e r a diati o n dis appear e d · J r t - · ' Ou retur r l t • r a2 fo · r J ·t 1-· e f i 1m r 1r - t s 11 ey c a r r i e d s h owed n o sis ns o f e xpos ur e So me eff o t was app a rently made t o dupl i ca e t he e ffec on th e equi p ment bc rd her e and it was dete r - tined that o n ly ionizing r a diatio could cause t h e do s ime t er to reg iste r Golden ay s tha t h e do e s no t kn ow i f a writte n record was ever ma d cf t hi s i scovery but believes his s uo e r vi s or J o T Sh erwo o d wh o h ad b e en i n Mo sc ow- a s c a l l e d e fo re the re s ide t ' s Science S ECRET XGDS -2 3 I I · • • tJ 0 •• e C 0 • • SE CRET • 0 0 0 0 0 •• • • • • j • • 0 •• • 0 0 0 0 · • t • ••o e 0 0 Cl I 2 Advisory CoR rcittee in 1962 t o discuss the situation Sherwood is now retired and lives in Ft iauderd a l e Florida Others who knew about the problem at the time he claims were Dr Walter Tkach General Don Hughe s then Nixon 's military aide and Ad iral Rickover who was in Hoscow at the time It looked to us that the Secret Service should have some written report of the situation or could tell us something of Mr Go lden and that i t would be worthwhile to work throu g h liaison on this I 1 e sf nErt ym i i b a i s f orma ion 2 0 @ 0 cc CIA - Dr Myers DG MED - Dr i-ratson • I I EUR SOV RLBarry mb 4 28 76 x29559 SECRET •