DATE= 12/5/97
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-223736
TITLE=U-S / RUSSIA SPY (S)
BYLINE=RON PEMSTEIN
DATELINE=STATE DEPT.
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: THE UNITED STATES HAS FORMALLY PROTESTED TO RUSSIA ABOUT
THE ESPIONAGE CHARGES FILED AGAINST AN AMERICAN ENGINEER. RON
PEMSTEIN REPORTS FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT, THE UNITED STATES IS
THREATENING RUSSIA WITH CONSEQUENCES.
TEXT: THE STATE DEPARTMENT SAYS THE AMERICAN COMMERCIAL
RELATIONSHIP WITH RUSSIA MAY BE AFFECTED BY THE ESPIONAGE CHARGES
FILED AGAINST RICHARD BLISS, AN AMERICAN ENGINEER WHO WAS DOING
LAND SURVERYS IN THE CITY OF ROSTOV.
RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR YULI VORONTSOV WAS CALLED TO THE STATE
DEPARTMENT TO RECEIVE THE AMERICAN PROTEST. SPOKESMAN JAMES FOLEY
SAYS THE ESPIONAGE CHARGES HAVE NO FOUNDATION.
///FOLEY ACT///
WE ARE URGING THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT TO RELEASE MR.
BLISS IMMEDIATELY. THE UNITED STATES IS DISTURBED THAT
THE RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES TOOK THIS STEP, AS THERE IS NO
CREDIBLE REASON FOR THE ACCUSATIONS MADE AGAINST HIM.
//END ACT///
MR. FOLEY SAYS THIS INCIDENT COULD HAVE NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES FOR
AMERICAN EFFORTS TO PROMOTE COMMERCIAL TIES WITH RUSSIA AND FOR
RUSSIA'S DESIRE TO INTEGRATE INTO THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY.
(SIGNED)
NEB/RP/RRM
05-Dec-97 3:10 PM EST (2010 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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