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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-
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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.
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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
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Weather Warning System Tested In Middle West
Boston - (Science Service)
A new automatic weather sys
tem that pinpoints lightning
discharges from severe elec
trical storms over most of
North America is now under
test in the central U.S.
The new method detects
lightning discharges at a dis
tance of 2,000 miles and re
lays the information to a cen
tral collection point.
The equipment, developed
by the U.S. Army Signal Re
search and Development Lab
oratory, Fort Monmouth, N.J.,
is operated by personnel of
the Air Weather Service. 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.
Thus an operator, watching
the map, can follow increas
ing electrical activity that
might indicate developing
thunderstorms or possibly tor
nadoes. ,
When more stations are In
operation, the new weather
warning system will be par
ticularly valuable In tracking
electrical disturbances over
ocean areas where there are
no permanent observing sta
tions. The system is reported
in the current Weatherwise,
published for the American
Meteorological. Society here.
Salem-IPD-The State Board
of Education has appointed
Dr. Leona Tyler of Eugene,
of the University of Oregon
psychology department, to
the professional advisory com
mittee of the Oregon Educa
tion Department's vocational
rehabilitation division.
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