Washington caution
The United States Information Agency has ordered the staff in if Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, headquarters to tilt the Venetian blinds to a 45 degree angle to foil would-be spies equipped with telescopic lens cameras, the New York Times News Service reports. “With the advance in telephoto photography,” a memorandum said, “shots of sensitive documents lying on office desks can be made from a long distance, and the resultant prints are easily readable.” Washington, August 1.
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Press, Volume CXI, Issue 32675, 3 August 1971, Page 6
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