I read once in Popular Science magazine about a Russian spy scheme. Is it true ?

Question

During the ColdWar. Supposedly,the Russians met with the American president. Im not sure if it was Johnisn or Eisenhower. But, they gave him a gift. It was just a metallic rod sculpture. It was for his office at the White House. So, he had it in his office for 5 years. Until, one of the White house staff asked about the object. He asked the president if he knew what was inside it ?
So, they took it appart and found a microphone and a radio transmitter spy set up in it. Did this really happen ?

Answer 1

um. i saw on the discovery channel that the russians had like a spy working in an office in some govermantal place and there was a fax/copy machine and the spy installed a camera into it so all the documents that got copied or faxed during the cold war by the americans got sent to the russians. and as for the second guy who answered the question, i think he kinda needs to chill, because what's his problem if someone just wants to know about something?

Answer 2

FDR's white house was filled with communist spy's and sympathizes.
As far as the metallic rod sitting in the white house for 5 years during the cold war, I don't know-never heard or read that, sounds apocryphal to me.

Answer 3

You know buddy anything is possible but do you really believe all that you hear? And really who cares? By now all of that is old news if they have any tapes I mean. And guess what it could not have been true or they would have beat us to the man on the moon, and they did not and LBJ was the president for 5 years and all those discussions would have led them to beating us into out space. So don't believe that. but as far as bugging places we did it, they did it, the chinese did it and the Japanese, et al. Chill

Answer 4

I never heard that they got as far as the president but they did give a bugged seal to the US embassy in Moscow that operated for years.