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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 USC 27107 Hote} .... DATE: Jb 14-2017 , GSA GEN. RL. NO. 27 — eS _— ” GIA HAS NO OBJECTION TO. o\ z DECLASSIFICATION ANDIOR.. ae FORMATION ™ , RELEASE OF CIA | wi THIS ppouMe 1 ~ DeLoac FR OX | Wins: ; 1 - Suiliv Cidesifie band AL ‘oO 1=-D. E. Moo Declassil on:/O80e oy 1 - Papich . SUB "5190 ee fe BIER, orcs NOSENKO:S” . 1 - Branigan / by ? aN ESPIONAGE - RUSSIA of ea 1 - Lee ay BCH oS | CYSODSIS: o Sen ee eee wes, .. Fn Y This memoran an Sumnarizes the results of interviews of Yuri Nosenko by Bureau Agents during the week of 2/24-28/64. £y Yur: Nosenko is the Soviet intelligence agent who defected vo CIA in Geneva, Switzerland, 2/5/64. CIA furnished us with 7 information concerning its interviews of the subject. On 2/24/64 our MS lAgents began interviewing Nosenko. [ee furnished considerable [_ iy information concerning recruitments and recruitment attempts made 7 against United States citizens and United States Government employees in the USSR. He stated i that + the Soviet Intelligence Service (KGB) hag VPnot infiltrated thé FBI. , Most of the information which Nosenko ae : Fura Fshed 69 Su Substantiated by 2d by facts already_in our files |yoncerning ~ Lee Eee swald, Nosenko said the KGB considered hin to Be mentally =. iftunsta “then told that he could not Stay in the Soviet Union, Oswald: ia attempted suicide by cutting his wrists and was rushed to a hospital. “Through the Red Cross or Ministry of Foreign Affairs (4), Oswald was permitica to stay in Minsk, Russia, Nos wciko next heard of him wien he visited tse Soviet Embassy, Mexico City, ead MrA made inquiry of tne KGB and was told that he was of no value. Nosenko last heard of Oswald in connection with the assassination ci President Xennedy. According to Nosenko, Marina Oswald was not a2 KGB agent. She was not considered particularly intelligent and hea seen dropped from the Komsomol (young communist group) for nonpayisent of dues, osernixo | furnished iniovaation which indicates Anatole Kotloby, subject of a vs current investigation is identical with a KGB agent. ‘He also <‘irnisned < | information that a former governess of the children of the pried States | Ambassador in Moscow and now a teacher in the American School - ORIGINAL FLED 1 students in Mosco | oes oe mag oa recruited by the K we iy basis of her seduction by creAbriece—= Ww = NOT RECORDED © ™ARr@5--i984 CIA has stated it believes {opiate 72 7ifasa deception agent | Tane a plant ‘to disrupt American intellience work. We™GO™not actept. si jchis | analysis as necessarily ccrrect. Weare e interviewing Nosexke ‘with an open mind 2nd are checking out tne information which : yurnishes After this has been done, it is believed an intelligent evalus’.ion can .. be made of his wort. Details of the highlights of the infor::‘tion we furnished by Noses during the week. of, 2/24- 28/64 are attaches. UL. a Rha & AA RK iA tiow ~uent she€ ; i. Los 65-68530 hte iG iiporme tah 3 3 7 Dy Ssraes (8) %7 te Prosideuts Commissidn . pen Daa rao an . X : SEXRET ~ NAY, aD oi DefKosdint Ghioa totStinfte i eee ee Ist NWR 6~ wees ge SPL Tate eset ptm ae aie ae gagine EH oe ate mie etd rae Docld: 32129553 Page 2
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1997 (44 USC 2107 Hote}.. DATE: 11-14-2017 iy - r Memo W. A. Branigan to W. C. Sullivan Re; YURI IVANOVICH NOSENKO 65=08530 scrron: For information. Interviews with Nosenko are continuing and all leads are being promptly set out and resolved. fy DETAILS: Yuri I. Nosenko, former KGB agent, defected to CIA in Geneva, Switzerland, 2/5/64. CIA furnished the results of the preliminary interviews of Nosenko along with its evaluation of him. CIA is convinced Nosenko is a plant sent by the KGB as a tactic to disrupt American intelligence. XU . On 2/24/64 we began interviewing Nosezko a "safe house" ‘ which CIA maintains in the area of Washington, D. aa Ollowing are tha“; highlights of some of the information furnished by Nos nko. 1. Lee Harvey Oswald. Nosenko stated that he was familiar with Oswald and recalled when Oswald arrived in the Soviet Union as a tourist. He said Oswald told Intourist he desired to remain in the Soviet Union. However, Oswald was discouragcd against doing this and was told to return to the United States and apply for admission to Russia as an immigrant. Nosenko said Oswald was regarded by the KGB as mentally unstable. He said that at 10 o'clock in the morning on which Oswald was advised that he could not remain in the Soviet Union, Oswald was to take part iz: a tour of Moscow, but he could not be found. Efforts were made to finc him and after breaking into his room in the hotel, it was discovered that he had attempted suicide by cutting his wrists. He was taken to a hospital and uzson release was told that he could not stay in the Soviet Union. He stated that he would again attempt suicide. Through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or the Red Cross, Oswald was [allowed to remain in the Soviet Union and was sent to Minsk. The KGB center in Moscow lost interest in him until he appeared at the Soviet Embassy, Mexico City, at which time that Embassy checked with the KGB and was told that Oswald was of no use. Concerning Marine Oswald, Nosenkc stated that she was not a KGB agent, was not regarded to be particularly [intelligent and had been dropped from the Komsomol for nonpayment of = *. oes ‘dues. The last time Nosenko heard of Oswald was following the assassina- Mey {tion of President Kennedy. ¥ Y acne = , ceemenmenannsnenenmnl rt een er 2. Anatole Kotloby. Anatole Kotloby is the subject of an. intensive investigation resulting from information which originated with: Fedcva. Nosenko gave information about the arrest in Russia of an : American citizen named Zernard Koten. He said that Koten was attcmpting- | to visit in Russia the sister of an agent of the Scientific and “.chnical |Directorate of the KGB in New York. Nosenko did not know the name of <. ithis agent in the United States; however, from the descriotion, it is | ‘evident that he is referring to Kotloby. ET information |. furnished by Fedora. Sn -2- ee Docld:321279553 Page 3
PReleased undér the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote)... -DATE: .11-14-2017 Memo W. A. Branigan to W. C. Sullim Re: YURI IVANOVICH NOSENKO- 65-68530 _ wy Po ’ 2 oN 3.0 “Johanna Ross. Johanna Ross is an American citizen who bh. “to Russia as a governess for the children of the American Ambassador. Nosenko stated that she is promiscuous and was seduced by two African students and was then compromised by. the KGB. Our. files show that Ross is the holder of a current United States passport and investigation. of her background has been instituted. xYi . OA, “Information concerning various American citizens who. have been compromised. in the USSR and recruitment attempts made. against them has been given by Nosenko. (He referred to the attempt to recruit Robert James Barrett, American medical student. who was an interpreter at the United States Plastics Exhibition in Russia in 1959. No recruitment: attempt was made in 1959; however, when he returned to ai in 1961, he was recruited on the basis. of the compromise effected during his 1959. trip. arrett is now an informant of the Bureau. In addition, Nosenko told of recruitment operations against employees of the American Embassy, such as James E. Keyzers, Joseph Marone, Matthew, Zujus, Edwin Smith, James Storsberg, Peter Binder and Walter Mule, all los which we had previously rnowal (gy (y) ‘ | ne ‘5. XGntormation about attempts to regruit newspapermen stationed in Moscow has ben given by Nosenko. (He said an Associated cu {i Press representative in Moscow had been recruited. At this time there are three representatives and we have opened cases to attempt to identify the one who has been recruited. Josenko told cf the recruitment of Sam Jaffe, American: Broadcasting Comp#ny correspondent in Moscow. We have: ‘interviewed Jaffe and he gave us this information prior to his recent return to Moscow. {Nosenko also claims that Thomas Whitney had | furnished nonessential inférmation to the KGB in Moscow but refused to ~|;do so on his return to the United States... He also said that Eddy Gilmore of the Associated Press was a recruitment target and that Francis Stevens | of United States News and World Report was compromised. We knew of the compromise action against Stevens since he had told us about it and we also kne hat \ and Gilmore, both married to Soviet citizens, were Hsseees JQ) fy 6. WN oone also gave information concerning individual _travelers to neste who had been recruited and individual case files Docld:32129553 Page 4