Office of the Historian

117. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in the Soviet Union1

Washington, May 27, 1978, 1951Z

135977. Subject: Technical Penetration Protest. Ref: Moscow 11859.2

1. The Secretary May 26 orally protested penetration to Gromyko,3 who said he had no information but would look into the matter. We plan to hold off on a formal protest until you have developed information on the scale of the penetration.

2. Ambassador Toon concurs.

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  1. Source: National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, P890106–1033. Secret; Immediate; Nodis. Drafted by McCall; cleared by Shulman, Luers, Toon, Richard Castrodale (S/S), and Victor Dikeos (A/SY); approved by Christopher.↩
  2. Telegram 11859 from Moscow, May 26, is in the National Archives, RG 59, Central Foreign Policy File, P890106–1035.↩
  3. No record of the protest was found.↩