THE HISTORY OF THE TUNNEL UNDER THE EMBASSY OF RUSSIA IN THE UNITED
STATES WOULD BE IN REALITY A GREAT FINANCIAL SCANDAL IMPLYING SECRET
SERVICE AMERICAINS








MOSCOW March 11.  (Corr. Ria " Novosti " Olga Semionova).  The history
of the tunnel of hollow listening under the embassy of Russia in the
United States could be in reality the greatest financial scandal of
all the history of the secret service americains.  This opinion has
ete emitted during a discussion with RIA " Novosti " by a veteran of
the Russian information exterior which during many years A ensures the
" supervision " of his/her colleagues americains.

According to this source very informee, which required anonymity, the
Russian part had well decouvert here " more than ten years the
existence of an electronic monitoring of the sovietic embassy has
Washington and taken appropriees measurements for empecher an escape
of information indeed very significant by this channel ".  However,
according to the veteran of the information, has the difference of the
celebre " tunnel of Berlin ", to equip the underground with Washington
of systems of listening it does not have ete necessary to proceed has
great expenditure of forces and means being gives only " the
underground infrastructure which existed was fully sufficient for the
installation of the equipment adapt ".

**time-out** this fine expert of secret service secrets americains
himself east declare extremement astonish not by " the revelation
fortuitous in the press of method ultrasecretes of monitoring
electronic of enemy utilisees by some service of information but by
the will manifest to attract the attention of opinion on the coOet
exorbitant of this action sterile realisee by the Agency for the
security national (ASN) and the Federal Office of Investigation (FBI).
Certain newspaper americains have same fact state of "excurtionnistes
high place " to which the FBI have watch its " weapon secrete ".  From
the point of view of any against-espionage, a boob widening the number
of potential sources for the enemy is unimaginable.

**time-out** for the secret agent secret it be obvious that in
addition to the objective principal which be to return responsible of
decouverte of tunnel the agent of FBI Robert Hanssen, arrete the 18
February last, the secret service secrets americains of continue
another can be less obvious, certainly, but very significant for them,
which consist have convince the taxpayer americains and, if possible,
the congressmen controlant the financing of secret service secrets,
that the " hundred of million of dollar " (if one of believe the media
americains it be it that the pseudo-tunnel have coOete) have not ete
detournes by the Manitoban of information of then but use advisedly

According to remarks' of the expert in espionage, the new " escapes "
of information concerning of other similar tunnels under the Russian
of San-Francisco and perhaps same consulate under the embassy of
Russia in the capital of close Canada militate in favour of this
version.

For the veteran, with the risk to cause a diplomatic scandal, the
secret service americains does not have hesite has reveler rather
them-same their activities out of matter of espionage than to be
likely to be imply in a " financial business ".  Indeed, if the tunnel
does not have ete hollow and if one A uses simply the communication
systems in place, whereas became the octroyes million with boring?