European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 19, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A nest of by David Mason associated press new Western embassies in Moscow have escaped Security problems like he bugging of the . Mission and spy and counter spy activities Are legion. No spy scandal in recent years has reached inc proportions of inc one on the Iron pages new reports that u.5, marines Ware seduced by russian women into opening the american embassy in Moscow to kq6 agents. Spy mania some rumours based on fact and some on fiction constantly sweeps the Western diplomatic Colony in Moscow. Most Western european officials were reluctant to comment on the american spy scandal or problems they have had in the soviet capital. But some privately look a Philso Palcal attitude. A dutch foreign ministry spokesman who asked not to be further identified said spying is the Sporl that surrounds an embassy. Frankly i m rather surprised that the americans Are in Akong such a fuss Ever  when the swedes rebuilt their embassy in Moscow last november they found bugs installed in the building said to Heinebach head of the foreign ministry press department. Sweden submitted a serious protest which was rejected by the soviets. The embassies assume they Are bugged and Many have specially sanitized rooms Lor discussing secret mailers. Another option is to step out in the Street for confidential Chat or to talk at noisy cocktail parties. As is common Western practice Italy periodically sends agents to its Moscow embassy to Check. Tttus. Embassy in Moscow to not the Only to to of soviet  we Tom win mme in the City hav had problem with Security. They Awn they to bugged. Security sweeping the most sensitive areas Lor bugs. A foreign ministry official who could not be named said a special group of paramilitary Carabiniero police work As guards in italian embassies. We generally Send married Carabiniero to avoid the so called sins of the flesh " the official said. West Germany probably one of the most spied upon countries in the West because of its immediate proximity to the East bloc has Long experience coping with communist espionage. A High ranking Bonn Security official claimed West Germany s embassy guards Are Able to Cope with loneliness abroad like thai affecting the . Marines. The american scandal is cause for reflection Here the official said. But similar Honey trap Security leaks involving German guards Al embassies in the East bloc Are not known to Dale the official said. In any event such cases have not become  Hans Schumacher West German foreign ministry spokesman said a new embassy under construction in Moscow would have a minimal bugging risk because most building parts were manufactured in West Germany. Per Paul norwegian foreign ministry spokesman said embassy eavesdropping in Moscow and other East bloc countries has posed problems Over the years. We realize the existence of both Active permanent equipment passive equipment which can be turned on and Oil and external equipment with special sensitive microphones Paul said. A norwegian embassy guard once took Kab agents into the embassy Al night to help them find spots to catching More spies with Honey by Bryan Brumley associated Pressa s a Young language student Al Leningrad University. Alexandra Costa was encouraged to flirt with foreign visitors and if a relationship developed. The Kab wanted to guide  i was seeing one of the British Guys bul nothing really developed she said in an interview last week. However one Olino other girls fell in love with a British Man and the Kab wanted to run her As a Swallow or seductress my Kab handler complained that the wrong girl Felt in love. She won t talk to us " the woman ended up marrying the Man and moving to England said Cosla Costa explained that because the government controls All the Oba. I realised Hal my career depended on cooperating with is Kab " and cooperate she did. In jobs with Tho government travel Agency. In Hounsl. The Patent office and u Post teaching be reign communists at a Central committee school thai was so score live it did no have a sign on the door. Disenchanted with inc system Cosla selected irom the soviet embassy in washing Ion in 1978 and now works As a consultant in the Washington area. The woman who refused to cooperate was an exception in what Cosla Calls a totalitarian stale where Mosi people Don l refuse to cooperate with the Kab. The state owns everything and if you want a Job or in apartment you play the  the game is often the Honey trap the eldest trick in the Book of espionage one that diplomats businessmen and journalists Are warned to avoid in the soviet Union but one into which Many Tumble nonetheless. Official Washington reacted with outrage to revelations that at least three marines apparently traded secrets for sex at us. Diplomatic missions in Moscow and Leningrad. But Over Tho past few decades e British a French and a Canadian ambassador and a . And a French military attache Are among those known to have fallen into variations of the same snare. Cases that receive publicity Are often Ingleif Gionco failures Security officials say because the seduction comes to Light before the victim can be blackmailed Inlo betrayal far More cases do not come to Public attention according to us Security optic gals and Many probably Are never reported among Iho Best known instances in 1356, the Kab Laid an elaborate Pool to enl map French ambassador Maurice Dujean author John Barron wrote in his Book Kab. Dejean spotted As a lady Chaser on earlier diplomatic assignments was seduced by a Beautiful soviet actress cooperating with the Kab. Another Kab operative posing As her husband burst in upon them Al a compromising moment thrashed him and threatened to seek the ambassador s expulsion. Other undercover Kab agents social contacts of Dejean persuaded the ambassador thai they had managed to hush up the Altair. The plot came to naught after one of the key players soviet writer Yuri v. Kolkov defected and briefed Western intelligence. Dejean was recalled without Tantra and with no apparent loss of diplomatic secrets. The Kab also targeted a military attache who served under Dejean. Col. Louis Gibaud. Microphones hidden in the Walls of Gibaud s apartment disclosed that he often quarrelled with his Wile and the Kab Sicord a succession of Beautiful women his Way. He Tell lot one. Three pain clothes soviet agents confronted Gibaud with compromising photographs and Lold him he faced two choices cooperate or be Chis graced. Gibaud chose a third path suicide maj. James r. Holbrook a family Man in his 40s, was known As one of the Best russian speakers in the us army. In january 1981, to and follow attache it. Col. Thomas a. Spencer visited the Lovurn of Rovno near the Page 16 the stars and stripes sunday. April 19,1987