April 11, 2002	Thursday	Muharram 27, 1423

MOSCOW, April 10: The Russian security services said on Wednesday that they had foiled a bid by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to obtain military secrets.

Informed sources in the Russian capital told Interfax that the secretary, a woman, had already left Moscow.

“The mission was carried out by CIA officers, working under cover of US diplomatic representations in Moscow and other countries,” the FSB said in a statement.

The Russian security service could not be contacted for further information.

The FSB said that the CIA had tried to recruit a Russian ministry of defence specialist.

Meanwhile, inside Russia, the CIA communicated with their informer through dead letter boxes and secret messages, according to the Russian secret service.—AFP