Moscow Embassy Security Resolution - Declares that: (1) the Government of the U.S.S.R. has violated the diplomatic privileges and immunities of the Embassy of the United States by surreptitiously entering that Embassy to conduct espionage; (2) the penetration of the Embassy constitutes a gross violation of international law; (3) such penetration has inflicted grave damage upon the national security of the United States; (4) the security of the United States requires that American personnel in Moscow can communicate in confidence; (5) such personnel cannot communicate in confidence within the present Embassy in Moscow, nor within the proposed new Embassy in Moscow; (6) the agreements between the United States and the U.S.S.R. concerning new embassies in Moscow and Washington allow either party to withdraw from the agreements to the extent the national security interests of the party require; and (7) to protect national security, the United States must withdraw from the embassy agreements.
Declares that the United States withdraws from the embassy agreements.
Requires the Secretary of State to notify the Government of the U.S.S.R. that the Mount Alto site in Washington, D.C., will cease to be available to that Government for any purpose.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Referred to Subcommittee on International Operations.
Referred to Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East.
Executive Comment Requested from State.
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