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0 o G 0 Background on Dustia's Spying on Nixon Told Editor's Note: In the contro versy over spying and counter-spying, the United States recently disclosed that a lis tening device was put by the Russians in a seal in the American Embasy in Moscow several years ago. A further Soviet attempt to "bug" the American Embassy before Vice President Nixon's trip to Russia last summer Is re counted In the following dis patch. The author accom panied Nixon on the trip. Br ERNEST BARCELLA Washington -OOT- The Rus sians planted a spy device in the U.S. Embassy residence in Moscow shortly before Vice President Richard M. Nixon visited the Soviet Union last summer but it was discovered and removed before Nixon arrived. The abortive Soviet attempt to penetrate the Embassy res idence, known as Spasso House, was disclosed by sour ces who also said: - There were hidden listen ing devices in all of the Soviet guest houses where Nixon stayed on his wing through Russia, including Soviet Pre mier Nikita Khrushchev's Dacha some 25 miles down the Moscow river from the Soviet capital. These were perman ent installations placed there long before Nixon's visit. The guest houses In Leningrad, Novosibirsk, and Sverdlovsk (near where the American U2 spy plane was brought down) -are used by visiting digni taries of other countries as well as Soviet officials who go there to rest. This suggests (he Soviets listen in on their own people. Thoroughly 'Bugged' - Khrushchev's Dacha, where the Vice President and Mrs. Nixon spent their first Saturday night in Moscow as guests of the Soviet Premier, is thoroughly "bugged." It is even equipped with a record ing room to pick up conver sation from all points in the building. There is evidence that this is not Khrushchev's residential Dacha, but a place where top Communists meet for high level discussions. - There was evidence that baggage of members of the Nixon party who stayed in one of Moscow's newer hotels had been opened, examined and the c o n t e nt s photo graphed and their hotel rooms also where "listened in on." The spying device found in Spasso House was concealed In a second floor chandelier, close to the study used by U.S. Ambassador Llewelyn Thompson. This study was used by Nixon later for con sultations with Thompson and others. The device was described as a highly sensitive and so phisticated one which could pick up conversation on a given command by an outside control point and relayed or broadcast to a point outside the Embassy residence. ' The device apparently was installed surreptitiously while painting, cleaning and re modeling were being done in side the residence prior to Nixon's arrival. Such refurb- Medford ishlng Is done by the Russians, who Insist on this arrange ment because Spasso House is Soviet property. This is in contrast with the arrange ment here where the Russiar Embassy is owned by the Soviet Union and the Russianf do their own maintenance. wiring and other work. The spying device was dis covered by Embassy person nel in a regular check up af ter Russian Technicians came to the residence to do some work. Before and after Nixon's arrival, Embassy personnel kept a careful monitoring check in the area of the resi dence where the device had been found. The area was swept electronically before each conference Nixon held. During the conferences, American techical personnel stood by and monitored the conversations in order to de tect whether any other device was picking up conversation. There was no evidence that any other outside device was found in the Embassy resi dence, but American technic ians kept close tabs on the telephones in the Embassy res idence to guard against hid den microphones inasmuch as all wiring entering Spasso House is under Communist control. Evidence that listening de vices were installed in the guest houses Nixon visited was furnished as a result of an experimental conversation which did not involve security matters. In this experiment there was a conversation about a member of the Nixon party. For purposes of the experi ment, this member was given a certain rank which he did not actually hold. The follow ing morning Soviet officials addressed this member by his phony rank and treated him with greater deference than he had hitherto received. Tribune SECTION B MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 1960 PAGES 1 to 8 U.S.-Mexico Drug Negotiations Asked Washington - IUPD - Sen. Thomas C. Hennings Jr. (D Mo.) has called for negotia tions between the U.S. and Mexico to crack down on widespread narcotics peddling and prostitution along the 1200-mile border between the two countries. Hennings issued a ' state ment in advance of publica tion of the annual report of his Senate Juvenile Delin quency Committee report rec ommending "bold measures to control the insidious traffick ing in drugs." The senator said heroin and marijuana smuggling across the border lead to teenage drug addiction, which in turn leads to holdups, burglaries and robberies committed by addicts for funds to feed their habit. Tokyo (UPD Frank H. Bar tholomew, president of Unit ed Press International, arrived today from New York in con nection with UPI's coverage of the visit of President Eisenhower. ' 1 "Wtii'l'iOJr'l. UtHtrt - - T .!r ' . i it l5 '! ; itzT. v. frTX? A. , 1 c4li;xV x ; : r i v - -x TRUCK-ENGINE CRASH A gas truck hit a deisel switch engine pulling a string of freight cars at Jacksonville, Fla., Friday. The first seven cars of the train were afire from the burning gas. Six persons were rushed to the hospital in critical condition after the accident happened when traffic was heaviest in the evening rush. (UPI Telephoto) Okinawi Group To Protest Ike Noho, Okinawa - (UPD - An Okinawan political group has vowed to mobilize 15,000 per sons to demonstrate against President Eisenhower during his brief visit here June ID. But Okinawan officials said no demonstrations would be permitted. The Council for the Return of Okinawa to Japanese Con trol said it definitely would hold a noisy but non-violent demonstration. Officials of the group said said they would pass out thou sands of Japanese "rising sun" flags for the demon strators to wave. Japanese flags normally are banned here but U.S. civil adminis tration officials said the Presi dent's visit is non-political and, the flags may be flown except from government buildings. Reclamation Projects Studied Walla Walla-fllPII - The Bu reau of Reclamation is study ing four possible projects in southeastern Washington and northeastern Oregon which could irrigate some 30,000 acres, according to Harold T. Nelson, Boise, regional di rector of the bureau. Nelson said the project would be along the Touchet river above Dayton, the Gar dena unit near the Oregon border and on Blue creek in Washington and on the Walla Walla river above Milton Freewater, Ore. The Gardena project would involve use of water from McNary dam pool and the others would mean construc tion of dams. Nelson said said about $43,000 had been authorized for the study. Eugene - (UP - The building committee of the State Board of Higher Education has ac cepted low bids totaling $2, 525,000 for Classroom Build ing South at Portland State college. 4-H PEGS AppUgaie Sewing Susans Five members and five visitors attended the last meet ing of the Applegate Sewing Susans. Alicia Elmore is to contact the absent members about the visitor's picnic day. It was moved and seconded that the club pay Sandy Brewster the money for the refreshments for the Mother's tea. The club discussed summer camp. The meeting was ad journed and refresh m e n t s were served. Susan Head, Reporter. Kennedy Expects Minimum Pay Vote Washington-IUPU-Sen. John F. Kennedy (D-Mass.) said Monday he felt sure the Sen ate Labor Committee would complete action this week on his bill to boost the federal minimum wage from $1 to $1.25 an hour. Semite Republican Leader Everett M. Dirksen (111.), also a member of the Committee, agreed that "good progress" had been made on the meas ure and work soon would be finished. The Committee met behind closed doors today to con tinue consideration of amendments. Grange News Griffin Creek Master Herman Kamping presided at the June 11 meet ing of Griffin Creek Grange. Candidate Harry Haertle was obligated in third and fourth degrees by Kamping. It was announced by the Home Economics club chair man that a covered dish din ner would be served at the next meeting of the club. It will be held Wednesday, June 15. It was reported that 10 of the trees planted by the Grange are flourishing. Lecturer Cyril Farnsworth was In charge of the program. Subsidies Signed For Fishermen Washington -(UPD- President Eisenhower has signet a bill to provide $7,500,000 in sub sidies to help the nation's fishermen build new boats, the White House has announced. Some 60,000 fishermen -many of them in the New England area - are expected to benefit from subsidies. The law provides $2,500,000 a year for the three-year period to help construct new vessels in U.S. shipyards. The federal government will pay the difference be tween foreign and domestic construction up to one-third of the lowest domestic bid. The new law is expected to provide a financial shot in the arm to the U.S. fishing indus try which has been ailing since 1947 because of foreign competition. BIRTH RATE Washington - Since 1948 there have been approximate ly one million more births in the U.S. each year than the average during the preceding 10 years. Pendlcton-IUPIl-Railroad of ficials said today a broken wheel on the 22nd freight car from the front caused derail ment of 29 cars of a 124-car Union Pacific freight train 40 miles west of here Wednesday. FATHER'S DAY CARDS Sunday, June 19 Swem's 217 East Main Medford Edmund E. 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It represents a further develop ment of the so-called "sferics," a system of locating and tracking storms through the radio static caused by light ning. The central station for the automatic weather system is at Kansas City, Mo., with six auxiliary stations in neighbor ing states. The detector sta tions are equipped with spe cial radio receivers that pick up static generated by light ning. Each station detects the discharges and simultaneous ly records the time and com pass direction. This informa tion is then relayed to the cen tral monitor at Kansas City. An electronic device plots and displays on a special map of North America the position of the lightning within a tenth of a second after receipt. 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