Senate Urges Shultz to Cancel Soviet Talks or Shift Site

The Senate, angered at reports of widespread espionage at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow, urged Secretary of State George P. Shultz on Thursday either to cancel his planned talks with Soviet officials next week or to find a secure place in which to hold them.

The vote approving the non-binding resolution was 70 to 30.

Sen. Malcolm Wallop (R-Wyo.), who sponsored the resolution, said that Shultz should attempt to change the site of the talks to Stockholm, Vienna, Geneva or some other European capital. In any case, he said, Shultz should not go to Moscow.

In the House, Rep. William S. Broomfield (R-Mich.) collected signatures from more than 100 colleagues urging President Reagan to have Shultz’s meeting with the Soviets “moved to a neutral country where confidentiality of communication can be assured.”