Word: tchaikovskovo
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Soviet embassy's physical advantages. A laser bugging technique that shoots beams against windows can decipher vibrations in the glass made by conversations. The Americans agreed to their lowly site in Moscow because it is only a mile from the Kremlin and convenient to the old embassy on Tchaikovskovo Street...
Inside the Tchaikovskovo Street embassy, still occupied by the Americans while their new building is being constructed, Soviet personnel present a similar problem. Whereas the Russians bring to Washington an entire retinue of maintenance workers and cleaning people, the U.S. employs 211 Soviet citizens in similar capacities at its embassy. All are presumed to have at least informal ties to the KGB, and American personnel tag along as they do their chores. The State Department now has bowed to pressures from the intelligence community and agreed to remove most of the Soviets from their embassy jobs at some future date...
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