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Summary
THE SOVIETS HELD A NEWS CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON TODAY, TO ACCUSE THE US OF INSTALLING ELECTRONIC BUGS IN THE NEW SOVIET EMBASSY BEING BUILT IN WASHINGTON, DC
Footage Information
Source | CONUS Archive |
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Record ID | 326841 |
Story Slug | SOVIETS CHARGE US SPYING (1987) |
Location | WASHINGTON, DC |
Format | TVD |
Date | 04/10/1987 |
Archive Time | 9:44 |
TRT | 1:14 |
Supers | WASHINGTON, DC |
Video Description | NEWS CONFERENCE, EXTERIOR EMBASSY, REPORTER STAND UP (CANNOT LICENSE) MAN SHOWING WIRING THAT WAS NOT PROPERLY INSTALLED IN BUILDING, NEWS CONFERENCE, SHULTZ NEWS CONFERENCE FILE |
Description | THE SOVIETS HELD A NEWS CONFERENCE IN WASHINGTON TODAY, TO ACCUSE THE US OF INSTALLING ELECTRONIC BUGS IN THE NEW SOVIET EMBASSY BEING BUILT IN WASHINGTON, DC |
Script | (SUGGESTED TRANSCRIPT OF AUDIO)00:01It was Show and Tell at the Soviet diplomatic compound in Washington, like students displaying their discoveries at a science fair,00:08Kremlin envoys exhibited what they said00:10were electronic bugs, microphones, transmitters and antennas allegedly planted by American agents00:16at the new Soviet embassy complex, still00:18under construction, Kremlin envoys took the American news media on what might best be described as a spy tour of their future diplomatic00:25facilities00:26This is a room still under construction in the new Soviet embassy complex, and Soviet officials say they found in the wall, embedded in the wall of this room, eavesdropping devices They say they were planted here by American special services for the purpose of spying on Soviet diplomats The Soviet diplomats here did not want to discuss the alleged compromise of US Marine guards by Soviet women and the envoys outright denied the Kremlin planted similar bugs in the American Embassy in Moscow But with Secretary of State, Shultz leaving tomorrow on the first leg of his trip to the Soviet Union, the Soviets are trying to defuse the espionage issue with tit for tat spy charges against the US The Kremlin envoys say there are more important issues for the two superpowers to discuss Mark Knoller at the Soviet compound in Washington, the |
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