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HAMDT 220 (100th)

An amendment to require the State Department to withdraw from the U.S.-Soviet embassy contract providing for the Soviet's Mount Alto embassy in Washington and the U.S. embassy in Moscow. The President may waive this provision if he determines and reports to Congress that it is vital to U.S. national security to continue the agreement, and that steps have been taken to improve the security of the U.S. embassy in Moscow and to eliminate electronic surveillance from the Soviet embassy in Washington. ? In addition, the amendment expresses the sense of Congress that the U.S. should recover damages from the Soviet Union for the costs incurred due to Soviet intelligence activities directed at the Moscow embassy. The amendment further requires that the Secretary of State establish reciprocal treatment of U.S. diplomatic personnel in the Soviet Union, in terms of price and access to goods, and quantity and quality of real estate. ? Finally, the amendment requires the State Department to report on whether the number of Soviet trade personnel should be included in any further diplomatic personnel reductions, and authorizes an additional $86 million in FY 1988 and $90 million in FY 1989 for State Department Security and Counterintelligence Measures.