Francesco/who-killed-jfk huggingface dataset:
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June 1962"I studied first in a school of the Navy. There I sailed aboard boats and gutters." [No date given.]1964Enrolled in Moscow Special Naval School, but studies did not begin in Moscow because of the war and immediate plans to evacuate the school. In September 1941 NOSENKO spent one week digging trenches with a group from the school, and on 10 October he travelled with the rest of the school to Kuybyshev. There he began his studies in the Seventh Class.In June 1942 completed the Seventh Class at the Moscow Special Naval School in Kuybyshev. Returned to Moscow in July with about three other boys from the school. Prevailed on father to allow transfer to "real military school" and enrolled in the Leningrad51. 1965and returned to Moscow the next day by train. (May)Enrolled in the Moscow Special Naval School which was evacuated to Kuybyshev; attended the 1941-42 school year in Kuybyshev. (May)In summer 1942 returned from Kuybyshev to Moscow on leave. While there somehow learned that Special Naval School to be moved from Kuybyshev to Achinsk, Siberia. Did not want to go so far away from home, so enrolled in Leningrad Naval Prep School, Baku. SpentApril 1966"In October 1941 my mother and I were evacuated to Chelyabinsk, where I completed the Seventh Class in June 1942." (Note: NOSENKO here added a year to his life which he had not mentioned earlier. To accommodate this change he subtracted a year from the time he spent at the Naval Preparatory School in Baku. See below.)"I completed the Seventh Class in Chelyabinsk. In the beginning of the summer of 1942 I moved from Chelyabinsk to Gor'kiy and soon after this returned to Moscow. In Moscow I was accepted in the Special Naval School which in August 1942 was evacuated to Kuybyshev. ThereOctober 1966Went to Chelyabinsk from Moscow in 1941, after the start of the war.Was in Gor'kiy for a time in the summer of 1942.
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June 19621964Naval Preparatory School which had been evacuated from Leningrad to Baku. Spent summer vacation at home in Moscow with parents.After 3 1/2 months in Moscow, left by train for Baku with a group of about 30 other students in October. The trip lasted 14 days. Route not recalled. Arriving in Baku joined Prep School and spent about a month in "quarantine." Then assigned to the Ninth Training Company, in the Third Course, equivalent to the Eighth Class. [Note: The Moscow-Rostov railroad line was cut by the Germans by this time. The only possible route at this time would have been a long and circuitous one via Tashkent]52. 1965summer with parents in Moscow. (May)Went to Baku by train in October. Trip took two weeks. Spent first four to six months in Baku in "guarantine," which was similar to American bootcamp. Enrolled in the First Course, equivalent to the Eighth Class. (May)April 1966I entered the Eighth Class."[In Kuybyshev; see above entry.]October 1966![TOP SECRET]
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June 19621964Took military oath. [Note: NOSENKO was 15 years old at this time, by law too young to take oath. This point stressed in April 1964 interrogations.]Completed Third Course (Eighth Class) in June 1943. Took no vacation but spent summer working at the school in Baku. In September 1943 began new school year in the Second Course, equivalent to Ninth Class.Along with 15 or 20 classmates, NOSENKO submitted a collective letter asking to be sent53. 1965Took military oath at end of "quarantine" period. Oath administered to make boys feel a part of service although too young. Oath taken between 15th and 16th birthdays, i.e., after October 1942 and before November 1943. NOSENKO certain he celebrated 15th birthday in Baku in 1942. (May)Completed First Course in June and spent summer of 1943 at school. Entered Second Course at the Naval Prep School in Baku in September 1943. (May)Since 1942 NOSENKO had had an "obsession" about getting into the war. Students fromApril 1966[Studying in Kuybyshev. See above entries.][Completed Eighth Class in Kuybyshev.] "During the summer of 1943 I returned to Moscow on vacation. The Special Naval School was to be evacuated from Kuybyshev to Achinsk and therefore, not wanting to go to Achinsk, I enrolled in the Naval Preparatory School in Baku.""While at the Naval Prep School in Baku, in October 1943, I joined the KOMSOMOL."October 1966"I took the military oath in Baku. I was 15 years old at the time. This was in 1943." [No month given.]
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June 19621964to the front be-cause they hadheard that stu-dents at the FrunzeHigher Naval Schoolhad gone. Requestcaused an uproarand investigations.Permission denied.Joined KOMSOMOL.In January, to-gether with class-mate Yura RAD-CHENKO, NOSENKOwent to the citymilitary commis-sariat in Baku toinquire aboutjoining a Marinedetachment. Theywere turned downand thereupon ranaway from the NavalPrep School. Tra-velling by boxcar,the two went toStantsiya Lazarev-skaya via Tbilisiand from therewalked to Tuapse insearch of the mili-54. 1965the Frunze HigherSchool had gone tothe front in 1942and some of theolder boys at thePrep School went inearly 1943. Firedup, NOSENKO andabout eight othersfiled a petition tobe allowed to fight.(May)After receiving ascolding from schoolauthorities forhaving submitted thepetition, NOSENKO andseveral other boysbegan to plot to runaway to the front.When the time came inearly 1944 only oneother boy, RADCHENKO,would accompany him.The two slipped outof school, made theirway to the railwaystation, and found afreight train headingtoward Tuapse. Onarriving in Tuapsethey were arrestedalmost immediatelyApril 1966[See above entry.]"I studied in Bakuonly for half theschool year becauseI ran away from :school, home to Mos-cow, in the begin-ning of 1944!"October 1966The story aboutgoing to or towardthe front was a lie,NOSENKO said.
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DATE June 1962 1964 1965 April 1966 October 196655. tary front. Ar- at the station, sever-riving in Tuapse, al days later theythey were arrested were returned to Bakuand were then re- where they managed toturned to Baku under escape. They thenguard. In Baku, travelled to Moscowthey managed to es- using false documentscape again before and were arrested atbeing returned to the the train station onPrep School. After arrival. (May)hiding a few days atthe home of a girl-friend, NOSENKO andRADCHENKO travelledto Moscow by train,using forged docu-mentation obtainedby a friend in theNaval Prep School.They were arrested atthe Moscow RailroadStation by militarypolice who had beenalerted by authori-ties in Baku. NO-SENKO's father bailedhim out. [Note:Previous accountsvaried widely. NO-SENKO originally saidhe had participatedin the battle forNovorossiysk with hisentire class from the"Frunze Higher NavalSchool." This battleactually took place inSeptember 1942. On alater occasion, NOSENKOTOP SECRET
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June 19621965said that he and RADCHENKO saw combat near Tuapse.!Took Ninth Class exams after studying as an "external student" at the Gorniy Institute in Moscow. Passed these and through father's influence was transferred back to the Naval Prep School, which had just moved back to Leningrad from Baku. Travelled to Leningrad to join his class in September.Studies did not start at once. NOSENKO and others lived in Narva and worked in the woods.56. 1965Did not want to return to Baku as ashamed to face classmates after failure to get to front. Remained at home and attended adult education courses at Gorniy Institute and had special tutors in math and Russian grammar. Finished Ninth Class in spring or summer and travelled in fall to Leningrad to rejoin class in Prep School. (May)Arriving in Leningrad NOSENKO was assigned to a group made up of stragglers and was sent to the forest near Leningrad to cut wood for the winter supply at the school. Conditions were terrible--the work was hard and the weather was cold, damp, and miserable. (May)April 1966October 1966"In Moscow I finished the Ninth Class as an external student at Gorniy Institute and at the end of the summer of 1944...was enrolled in the Naval School in Leningrad and travelled there in the month of August."
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June 19621964Studies in TenthClass of Naval Pre-paratory School com-menced in November1944.1965About three orfour days before theboys were to returnto Leningrad a carwas sent for NOSEN-KO. Es returned toLeningrad to stayin the Hotel Astoriawith his father whowas visiting with adelegation. Afterthis he went back toschool, sometime inNovember. (May)April 1966October 1966At the end ofApril 1945, NOSENKOwas chot in the handat a party by ajealous young offi-cer and was hospita-lized. In the entsuing investigationhe protected thereal culprit by pre-tending that he hadahot himself acci-dentally whilecleaning a gun. Henever saw the offi-cer again.Sometime in Febru-ary or March, a fe-male acquaintance ofan unknown Navy offi-cerbegan to flirtwith NOSENKO. The of-ficer became angry,drew his gun and shotNOSENKO through thehand. The officerwas apologetic, andNOSENKO promised notto report the inci-dent. The woundgrew worse, however,and NOSENKO was forcedto enter the hospital.Ha told the doctorthat be had accident-ally shot himself witha souvenir gun. Hewas hospitalized forabout three weeks.(May)"In the be-ginning of 1945 Iaccidentally shotmyself through thehand and spentabout a month re-cuperating in theNavy hospital."NOSENKO shot him-self through the hand.This was absolutely ac-cidental and was notan attempt to avoidmilitary duty. [Note:NOSENKO made this state-ment in response toa direct question. Thequestion was based ona report fromsource thatNOSENKO shot himselfto avoid being sent tothe front while at-tending a "naval collegein Leningrad in 1942."]
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DATEMay-June1944June 1962"I finished the Naval School, then was in the Navy. I fought," (boyeval--presumably in World War II). "In 1945 I was demobilized."1964While in the hospital, NOSENKO applied for release from military service. This was assisted by father's friends. After release from the hospital he did not want to return to school. He called his father and then spent a week with friends of the family in Leningrad before getting a room in a dormitory at the Leningrad Shipbuilding Tekhnikum. Despite failure to return to the Naval Prep School, NOSENKO was credited with satisfactory completion of the school year (Tenth Class). In June he passed the exams for the Second Course at the Shipbuilding Tekhnikum. He then went to the District Military Commissariat and was demobilized. He received his military reserve registration and a certificate of satisfactory completion of1965In the hospital NOSENKO decided he could not return to school as he was ashamed of the type of girls he had been with the night of the accident and could not stand the thought of being made an example of by the school KOMSO-MOL organization. He left the hospital in civilian clothes and stayed with a friend of his father. He obtained a statement that he had attended the Naval Prep School, which was just a report of his courses and an average of his marks up to that time. As the son of a minister it was then easy for him to enter the Shipbuilding Tekhnikum where, with special tutoring, he was able to complete the Tenth Class in the summer. (May)April 1966"After this [hand shooting] incident I. did not want to go back to the school and began to study at the Shipbuilding Tekhnikum in Leningrad, in the Second Course, in order to complete the Tenth Class. In May or June 1945, with the help of the Director of the Tekhnikum, I received documentation certifying that I had completed the Second Course which made it possible for me to enter the Institute [of International Relations] and I returned to my parents in Moscow."October 1966![image](TOP SECRET)
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June 1962196459. 1965April 1966October 1966ten year's schooling. [Note: A biographical statement was drawn up on the basis of NOSENKO's statements in January-February 1964 and approved by NOSENKO as correct in February 1964. This statement said that he completed his 10-year education at the Baku school in the spring of 1943 and thereby became eligible to enter a higher educational institution. From 1943 to 1945, the statement continued, NOSENDO attended the Frunze Higher Naval School (a counterpart of Annapolis). After three years there, he decided to leave the Navy, was demobilized and entered the Institute of International Relations. In October 1966, NOSENKO said he had lied about attending Frunze Academy.)"After the war I went to study at the Institute of International Relations...In 1945 I was demobilized."NOSENKO decided he did not want to study further at the Shipbuilding Tekhnium and returned to Moscow where heNOSENKO decided he would like a career in the foreign service and returned to Moscow, where he passed the entrance"In July 1945 I entered the Institute of International Relations."TOP SECRET
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June 19621964passed the entrance examinations for the Institute of International Relations (IIR). The exam consisted only of a composition, dictation, and an interview.Travelled to Germany with his father who was leading a delegation. For the purpose of the trip only, NOSENKO was issued a uniform and documents showing him to be a senior lieutenant. When he returned to Moscow he continued to pass himself off as an officer who had seen combat in the war and eventually got into trouble at the institute because of this. Began studies in Faculty of International Law and English language in September.60. 1965exams for the IIR. (May)April 1966October 1966Travelled to East Germany in August 1945 with father's delegation. Given temporary commission as senior lieutenant for the trip. Continued to wear uniform on return, even to classes at the institute. Entered institute on return from Germany and chose to specialize in English language and U.S. area studies for reasons he could not recall. (May)
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DATE June 1962 1964 1965 April 1966 October 1966June 1946 Completed first year at Institute of International Relations.September 1946 Began second year at IIR.June 1947 Completed second year at IIR. Commissioned junior lieutenant in Reserves. With help of temporary documents used for the trip to Germany, NOSENKO managed to exempt himself from compulsory military training during his first two years at IIR. When it was found that his claims of active duty were false, he was commissioned a junior lieutenant in the Reserves along with his classmates. (May) In 1947 commissioned a juntor lieutenant in the reserves. Dia not undergo any military training. After completing second year at the Institute, began to do military translations to avoid military service.September 1947 Began third year at IIR. In third year at IIR NOSENKO began to specialize in International law. (May)Late 1947 [NOSENKO was talking about.his present wife.] "This is my second wife. I was married before... I cannot say that I While studying at the IIR NOSENKO was dating Augustina Konstantinovna TELEGINA, the daughter of a lieutenant general. "I was a friend and companion of TELEGINA for some months before her father was arrested in connection with STALIN's campaign "While I was studying at the Institute, at the end of 1947, I married Augustina Konstantinovna TELEGINA, who was born in 1929"
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June 1962loved her a great deal... The war had just ended. I wanted peace. I wanted a quiet corner. I wanted someone to look after me...and so we became acquainted. We saw each other for about two weeks. Let's get married. I married her. That's all." [Note: NOSENKO did not date this marriage other than to imply it was right after the war; it is included here to place it in the context of later statements.)1964TELEGIN was arrested by STALIN, and NOSENKO married Augustina soon afterwards, in about November 1947.1965against associates of Marshall ZHUKOV. However, we never planned to marry. After the arrest, however, I decided to marry her in order to show my strength of character. I cannot remember the date of the marriage, which was my first. I think that it happened in 1947, but do not know what season or how long after the arrest of TELEGIN." (Interrogation Protocol signed in February 1965.)April 1966October 1966"One Monday...at 10 o'clock [I came home early from work]. Suddenly I heard--I approached on tiptoe--what is this? In my bed, who is lying with my wife? Her older brother. Well, I slammed the door, left, and did not go back. Never went back. That was all,Broke off marriage after several months when he found his wife *in flagrante delicto* with her brother. The two were separated, but not divorced, at this time. [Note: As with other dates connected with the TELEGINA marriage, NOSENKO has been imprecise here: in"One morning--I cannot remember the date or season, but it was in the first half of 1948--I came early and unexpected from my studies at the Institute of International Relations to the apartment of my wife's mother, where I sometimes met my wife, and surprised her in sexual inter-"I lived with my first wife until 1949."
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June 1962Bye bye...Well, you can imagine my horror." [Note: Portions of the tape of this conversation are un-readable. It is clearly implied that this scene took place at NOSENKO'S own home.]1964April 1964 he said on another occasion that he found his wife with her brother sometime prior to June 1947.]63. 1965course with her brother. I walked out without comment. The next day I returned to our apartment where my wife and I continued to live together, although our relationship was strained. I stayed with her because she was pregnant at the time." (Protocol signed February 1965.)April 1966October 1966"A child was born who might have been mine and who might not have been mine. God knows. There was still no child when I left. Well, I helped out. I sent money. That's all. But I didn't see either her or the child." (Note: NOSENKO provided no date for the above.]Completed third year at IIR.Girl with hare lip and cleft palate born to TELEGINA. NOSENKO decided deformity was due to her incestuous relationship with her brother. Subsequently gave his wife a little money to help support the child, but never considered it his. Marriage cooled still further, but NOSNEKO continued to live in the apartment. (May)
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June 19621964Began fourth year at IIR.Completed fourth year at IIR.Successfully defended his thesis on the subject of "Diplomatic Immunity."Completed English language studies.1965April 1966October 1966In March or April 1950 NOSENKO was interviewed by the assignments commission of the IIR and was tentatively assigned to the GRU. In May 1950 he went to theNOSENKO was through with courses at the Institute in January 1950 and had already defended his thesis on "Diplomatic Immunity." The last half-year at the Institute was relatively free because the students were given time to prepare for the state exams which were required for graduation. (May)Before taking his final state exams, NOSENKO went before the placement board. Here they talked about his possible assignments and although no definite decision was reached"In the spring of 1950 before the beginning of the state examinations a personnel placement commission was created at the Institute and I declared to it myThe Placement Commission sent NOSENKO to the MGB where he was told he was not a suitable candidate. The reason was for "little things. I was drunk several times, only an average student, etc."
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June 19621964CRU Personnel Department for an interview with Colonel KALOSHIN on the instructions of the chief of the "secret unit" at the IIR.65. 1965it was suggested he go into the Navy. After this, but before the state exams, NOSENKO visited a special section of the Navy Ministry to give them special documents for a security check. Although it was not stated, NOSENKO believed he was slated for Navy Intelligence. (May)April 1966wish to work in some sort of military organization. Soon thereafter the chief of the Institute's special section gave me a telephone number and told me to call it. The number was K-6...and I realized that the MGB was interested in me since these numbers belonged to the MGB. I called the number and was told to come to the MGB... the conversation [at the MGB] concerned my biography and my knowledge of the English language.. Nothing was said about where it was. intended for me to work....Later the chief of the Institute's special section told me my qualifications were not suitable for the MGB."October 1966NOSENKO said he did not mention this earlier because his interrogators would not have believed that the MGB first turned him down and they later accepted him in 1953.
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June 1962"I finished the Institute of International Relations in 1950, after this I worked in the GRU of the Navy."1964Took state exams for completion of the Institute. Passed three of them but flunked Marxism-Leninism. Advised GRU and was told to call back when he had his IIR diploma. He was allowed to take the Navy physical exam, which lasted three days.Passed exams on second try and received diploma of completion of IIR. Contacted Colonel KALOSHIN of GRU Personnel. Submitted1965After failing the state exam NOSENKO had someone in his father's office call the GRU to see what he should do. It turned out that the security check would take a long time and NOSENKO was told to check back after he had passed the exam. (May)NOSENKO checked back with GRU Personnel after passing his exams. (May)April 1966"During the summer of 1950, while the state exams were underway, I began to process for entry into the Navy GRU. My processing took place through Colonel KALOSHIN, the Chief of the GRU Personnel Department. Up until March 1951 I repeatedly visited the Ministry of the Navy... I filled out questionaires in duplicate, wrote two autobiographies and submitted copies of my diploma." [Note: NOSENKO in his 1966 autobiography did not mention having failed the exam in Marxism-Leninism.]"I submitted copies of my diploma to GRU Personnel." [See above entry.] NOSENKO processing for GRU entry.October 1966
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June 1962"When they offered me [assignments in] Moscow, Leningrad and the Far East I took the Far East so that nobody could say that Yuriy NOSENKO took advan-1964diploma, transcript of grades, and other necessary papers.[Note: Previously in 1964 NOSENKO stated that he graduated from the IIR, which at that time was a four-year course, in mid-1949 and "just loafed around" for a year. He later changed the completion date to late 1949 or early 1950. Then he changed this to say that he failed exams in 1949 and had been forced to wait an entire year before he could retake them in 1950. Finally he gave the version above.]Entered on active duty with the Navy on 17-19 September 1950, when he received orders transferring him from a junior lieutenant in the Reserves to a junior67. 1965April 1966October 1966In the autumn of 1950 received orders transferring him from the Reserve to active duty. Offered a choice of duty posts, NOSENKO chose to go to the Far East "in order to prove he[See above entries.] Still processing for GRU entry.