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# See Defectorported yesterday, a Soviet called American Ambassa.Embassy messenger brought a dor Foy Kooler and chargedmessage to the State Depart the United States with im-ment asking for information permissible acts in the case“as to the manner in which He stopped short of a Sidnap-Serious Effects HintedNosenko presented him ing charges however Kohlerself to the U.S. authorities replied that on behalf of theand requested an opportunity United States he rejected anyto interview him The De implication of American wrongpartment agreed to the inter doingview with American officialspresent and said Nosenkoalso was agreeable. A reply In Geneva Soviet officials,about the defection also was including Tsarapkin himselfgiven to the Soviet EmbassySo on Wednesday in Gen- privately spread to the presseva, Soviet disarmament dele hints of serious consequencesgate Semyon Tsarapkin Soon there were rumors thatgave newsmen and angry state: Moscow would pull outils delement aimed at the Swiss and gation, but up to last night nocharging provocative activi such threats had actually beenby Sunspecified Westernagents Up-to then Tsarapkin made, according to word reachad been saying both private ing. Washingtonly and publicly that the No In-public Tsarapkin said onlysenkor delection would not af "I have nothing to say Lamfect the disarmament talks not in the position to tell youYesterday the Soviets steppedup their protest-in-two places, anythingMoscow and GenevaAt some so far unspecifiedIn Moscow Soviet Foreign dates Nosenko, who had apMinister Andre Gromy ko parently crossed from Switzerland to France, was flown tothe United States. Its assumed hes in the hands ofthe Central Intelligence Agency the normal course for defectorsOfficials were yesterdaywere knocking down the ideathat he was a particularly bigfish that he new any atomicsecrets or that he knew anything About Soviet disarma-ment Strategy Rather, they there had been no word up tosaid, he was a KGR staff offi last night of the defection oncera Security man operatingas is the Soviet practice, in the Soviet radio or in thea light compartment That press though word of mouthwould mean would have reports had spread throughuseful and perhaps important the capitalknowledge of part of the KGB It was felt here that Moscowout probably not much more. might have stepped rup. itsBelieved Genuine protest after--Tsarapkin, hadpublicly downgraded the casein. Geneva: At any rate U.S.It is assumed here that the disarmament negotiator Wil36-year-old Nosenko is a gen- liam C. Foster and Tsarapkinuine defector though the pos- held another business sessionsibility of his being a double in Geneva yesterday at whichagent has not been overlook they said the case was not dised. It also is felt here that cussed.the Soviet protest was no It also was noted here thatstronger than could be ex- the Soviet Communist Partypected. The request for an Central Committee has beeninterview rare but not. un- meeting in Moscow all thisprecedented was granted, in week. But whether the Nohopes of reciprocal treatment senko case was discussed wasshould the occasion arise. not knownMoscow said![photo of folie handwritten on the top right]![photo of WASIT Pos handwritten on the bottom right]