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To: qdog who wrote (5876)	12/1/1997 2:53:00 PM
From: Caxton Rhodes	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

U.S. protests Russian delay on detained American (QCOM Employee) Yikes, you guys see this? Caxton WASHINGTON, Dec 1 (Reuters) - The United States has protested over a Russian delay in granting consular access to a U.S. citizen detained last week on spying charges, the State Department said on Monday. Richard Bliss, who was detained Nov. 25 in the southern Russian region of Rostov-on-Don, was finally seen by a U.S. embassy official on Monday. ''Mr. Bliss said that he was being well treated,'' State Department spokesman James Rubin said. ''We were not given permission to visit him (Bliss) until today, and we have protested this delay,'' Rubin said. In Moscow, Interfax news agency said the American had been accused of obtaining secret information about buildings in Rostov and nearby Bataisk while doing surveying work using a satellite receiver brought into Russia illegally. ''He has not been formally charged with any crime. According to the Russian government, he's being investigated on suspicion of espionage,'' Rubin said. A State Department official said earlier that Bliss was an employee of the U.S. telecommunications company Qualcomm Inc. (Nasdaq:QCOM - news). Rubin said Bliss was gathering data for the development of a cellular telephone network using a global positioning system device. Bliss and his employer said they had proper documentation for use of the equipment, he added.