(toa-t0706-t0300) , 7 mia /. IDENTIFICATION: BACKGROUND APPROVAL RETURN TO Cla 7 OL I IME be, Gackground Use Only ( Not Reproduce y C. Yurily Ivanovich NOSENKO NOSENKO, Yurily Ivanovich, a Soviet KGB officer who defected in 1964 and was subsequently involuntarily con- fined in the U.S. by the Agency for a period of approximately three years. NOSENKO first contacted Agency per- sonnel in Switzerland in June 1962 and subsequently defected. in. January 1964. NOSENKO was brought to the U.S. and after a period of relative freedom he was involuntarily confined in April 1964. From April 1964 to August 1965, -he was confined at an Agency controlled site in Clinton, , ' Maryland. From August 1965 to Oc -NOSENKO was confined at Virginia. In October 1967, he was returned to the Washington area, given increasing amounts of freedom until he was given total free- dom in April 1969. NOSENKO became a U.S. citizen in April 1974. NOSENKO ‘was employed by the Agency as a consultant in March 1969 and continues under contract to date. His present salary is $23,500 per year. (1) The legal basis to confine NOSENKO against his will was discussed by Mr. Richard Helms, DD/P, and others with the Deputy Attorney General on 2 April 1964 (Tab 1). On 3 April 1964, the Agency General Counsel, Mr. Lawrence Houston, advised the Director of Security by memorandum that such confinement was proper (Tab 2). (2) There are a series of letters from the DDCI, DCI and others to various agencies, including the Department of _Justice and the White House, covering the period 1964 to 1969, evidencing awareness of these agencies of the NOSENKO affair (Tab 3). (3) The conditions of NOSENKO's confine- ment were established by the Office of Security (Tabs 4 § 5).
14-00000 RESULTS TERMINATION moos COMMENTS (Cc (¢ By memorandum dated 2 October 1968, the Director of Security forwarded two reports to the DDCI summarizing. the results of the NOSENKO case to that date. The reports are voluminous. One was prepared by the Office of Security and the other by the FBI. Both reports conclude that NOSENKO was a bona fide defector. A draft © memorandum attached to this file, dated 21 October 1968 and prepared by the CI Staff, raises question regarding NOSENKO's bona fides and challenges the above two reports. NOSENKO continues under contract to the Agency. He is brought to Washington , periodically to consult on matters , germane to his background and experience. Various reports are available in the files of the Office of Security which detail financial aspects of this case. No final accounting has been made since the project continues. (1) While the Office of Security files do document the rationale for the original confinement of NOSENKO, they do not © document the rationale for his continued confinement over so long a period of time. A memorandum dated 5 August 1969 states that various congressional staff officers were briefed on NOSENKO and states that concern for his safety, as well as con- cern regarding his bona fides, prompted the prolonged confinement. (See Tab 6) (2) Office of Security files document a period in 1969 during which a mail cover was placed on NOSENKO. . (3) During the above period, NOSENKO was allowed a pleasure trip to Florida. During this trip, Agency personnel, with apparent Headquarters approval, obtained the services of prostitutes. This apparently occurred on at least two occasions.
14-00000 FILES : Office of Security files on NOSENKO are maintained in the following locations: OS/SSD (Contact - Mr. Charles Phalen) OS/SAG (Contact - Mr. Bruce Solie)
14-00000 * . - lo a OO. , - ae 7. - 7 " as wo “st : . . . 2 3 Pi ° ie ne - _ ‘ 4 Cp ea le . ; . Poo . : - = - et . ¢ oe a eee ot . . : - . : wee A, ae * -¢ . vo a) . . a 78 : : - . “y . a . a oO . eo, a ee MEMORANDUM FOR:-RECORD Fy 2 aa SUBJECT: Discussion. with Deputy Attorney. 02 Yn a -c.,  , General on Nosenko Case- 00 fo the Deputy Attorney General and nenbers of his staff to : discuss subject case, - Present from Mr. Katzenbachts-— went re staff wera Messrs, Foley, Yeagley and Reis.  _ Sho ed a . To OS ae He las explained the Hosenko case briefly“, °. and indicated that shortly we would be faced with what. a we at least considered to be two problems on which we :.- | would like the advice of the Department of Justice, Do Pirst, we would seeona feel compelled to begin hostile _— interrogation of Nosenko in order to arrive at the truth with respect to his aission for the KGB and we wondered *: what the’ legal position would be in circuastances in. -"- ,; . . which we detained Nosenko against his will for this pur- | te pose. Second, we would have to be ready after determin- . ing. that we could obtain no additional information from ° - ‘osenko to deport him, We had thought of taking hin to. _ : - Germany. and transferring him to Soviat custody in Borlin... . Where this has been dons a2 number of tines in the past. | 3. There was soas discussion of whether deportation —- to another country wight be a consideration. Mr. Halas : explained we would probably face publicity problems in * ow deporting to a third country of the kind we would en- | counter if ho were free in the U. S, Nr.’ Helgas noted — there were many itens o£.jnformation which we and the. - FBI realize are of no Significance because of the file holdings»we have but which an unscrupulous newspaper nan could use to create sischief. This aspect was then dropped and it was the consensus. that berlin was probably the best place, o ; ; ; 4. The question of the basis for detention was again raised and related by Mr. Foley to the conditions under which Nosenko is in this country. Ne is hore as an “ex~ clusion and parole case" which mgans he has not been admitted and has been paroled to the Agency which is responsible for him while ho is in this country. This
14-00000 as parole can be interpreted’ to mean’ parole to. a specific locale which would provide some justification for our _ detaining hin for questioning. It was then pointed out, ~ however, that. if he said he wished to leave the country _ to raturn to the Soviet Union, technically we would not - be able to datain. hin- further, .Iin this event, we would be faced with the need to deport his quickly and quietly and for this purposes the immigration warrant of arrest. and deportation was probably the best instrument. oo Se tes oe gb raggtitas Po aA Pitts oe Be . Se. Ur.. Katzenbach asked Mr. Foley to check into . wis this and Hrs Foley will in turn contact Mr. Houston, -. -i*  . Mrs: Houston will in tur discuss the problem. with CIA.” -. <2 -.° O£€££Fice of Securit officials to get the background-of "ea their liaison with the INS on these matters, . A earn , _S« Nr. Helus thanked. Mr. Katzenbach for his assistance oct. and we departed amid sone jovial banter with respect to - "The Spy Who Came in Fros the Cold" about what we expected ra to happen to him when he started to Climb over that “wall at in Berling oo , Re me oe David E. Murphy — re ee Chief, SR Division
14-00000 a i f = - ; if : . OGC 64-0903 we Sg api 1964 : “ ‘MEMORANDUM FOR: : Director of Security. : sion . SUBJECT: Parole Status of Defectors an 1,- On 2 April 1964 we had a discussion with the Department 1+. of Justice or the status of aliens whose inspection by I&NS is deferred “upon arrival at our request and who are then paroled to this Agency. ° it was the position of the Department of Justice that we were responsible a eam ~of. oh conditions for authorizing parole in any one case, Ce “After parole of such aliens, the Central Intelligence Agency will assume +...» : for taking any action necessary to carry out the terms of the parole. “2 As you know,. a basic parole agreement was executed by the Attorney General and the DCI on 10 February 1955. After setting up the agreement states: responsibility for care, supervision and control of a.kind and degree it _ believes consistent with the internal ‘security needs of the United States” during continuance of their parole status. This means that the SO responsible Agency officials must take the minimum action necessary _ to protect the internal security needs of the United States. The word "minimum" is not necessarily a limitation. It merely means that good judgment must be used as to what kind and degree of action is necessary,’ 3. The agreement further provides that upon-completion of the parolee's intelligence or operational purposes in the United States or if internal security reasons so require, the alien will be removed from this country through arrangements made by the Agency and, in such’ ~ case, the A rwill infornt —_ in advance of each proposed’ LAWRENCE R, HOUSTON General Counsel , Goel ce QD Mesa { (ao. Cem wp 6 ars necreeeae oye . +f a "oy oa TEM ETO MSE y APD eagton LPM YO PEIN ON era. SeOEDeANe wT em Oe Oe ty eee oe re . t a ar re SOF, pone Sipemne nm pee ate RE ety mete SOY RENEE tN A, 8 POY a 2 NO ommL oy EPP Om ae Meta + Bae oe, ae : . eememeeensimeneateemrocemdit Gtemmpe wa arn fs ocr} cendengepctenteyPaESAD: 8 D ran mec, inom titan Qt ay ARLEN OD AEN TERED ae FPC SS SP GEESE een sn aes ” yaaa Ae eee ee eine Scene th en ath ere ee om oon wd * ree Lo . . Boe . . a . . : .- . ‘ SS RT OE . age tp tte .
14-00000 (v (C Tanuary 1975 SUBJECT: Yuriy Ivanovich NOSENKO 1. Information that NOSENKO had defected and was in the United States in February 1964 was known to appropriate agencies and articles had appeared in the public media. | 2. NOSENKO was in the United States under an I&NS parole as the responsibility of CIA. The FBI was fully advised of the Presence of NOSENKO in the United States and interviewed NOSENKO on several Occasions in March 1964, The United States Intelligence ‘Board was also formally advised on 12 February 1964 concerning the defection of NOSENKO, On 14 February 1964, NOSENKO was interviewed by Soviet in the presence of I&NS and State Department officials officials/ and NOSENKO reaffirmed his previous request for asylum in ‘the United States,
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14-00000 ats FYTO IY - ' . - ee ow ow Bw 7 os : (5. ° During these most Yocent neetings NOSENKO announced Als. desirs -to- laays tha USS2 permanentiy and sack his future in the West. py Clained his new work in the KGB (First . - Uaputy Chief of thar cepartment charged with the Surveillance and recruiteent of American yisitors to the USSR) was ox~. —- .. panding and that he would not bo able $9 Visit the West. ° (<i, with any traquency.. Accordingly, he brepaxed ‘a request fay bo “ palitical asylua in the United States.. He was taker-to 3. 7 rs . Fraskfart, Germany where he is enrrentl, undergoing intarey- al. - gation, Plans are new being made to resove hin te the DLs, a ~. et “2 we” § = . ot . owe? amet . wee . _ ed . se fees : Be, ee ee OB it: should be noted that CIA ‘contact with Subject 25°9 “has poet bear extensive and that we will require additional se, . thorough interrogation to establish Subjact?s beua fides,. oo . -E2 should -also ke noted that HOSENXG's. daties were: net ‘con- Doe - cerned with substantive aspects of the Disarmament. Conference ce hee and he therefore is HOU expected to be able to shad ny be wer any, Light. on that area of our interest... | CON tt ee . + Fatt eg pe! so) MALS“ Te. The pessibilicy that NOSENKOs defection NaS da~ boat Sed: Signed to wreck the conference was most carefully considered, Pog pts = The -decision tc accept hin wag taken on thé conviction that Plow. + |. the Soviets would nor Rave chosea such 2 yolnerabls agent - ne -. (stafl officer of the X63) fer this kind of Boys, LT Daly T Ba - Boe oe co _Thosas. B. Raranessines - aoe Te at wig ue Fee eee “» £or Plaas er 2 7) CSR/DEN/Ji€ 0 11 Feb 64 Co ES Ee en. ' Distribution:. . ee cS ED: 7 : Orig ~ Adse-. an sO ae “2 ce-- SR/CI/K-Dowasy ne ~LPece - c/cr. me as ioc ~ CSR. 4 — Soe ¢ ~ DD/OS . Co a Ca = A? ° : - jp ep ary condolence . SES Be eZ oe mw ded LQ Dili: x
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14-00000 ~ -* = a ae. oe OR - See - 8 ~ rae bd * ’ 1a ( . - sos . ~ . “A, . “ My - be w - o a. "oe . i “oe . . > ~ . . o of the KGB operation against Us S.-Professor Sarzhoorn Which NOSENSO said he had personally supervised at-the | +. direction of SEMICHASTHIY, the Chairman of the Comaittes “1. for State Securlty-(XGB).°  - Mee Da *.=  . us ° S.. During these most recent seotings NOSENKO announced ~:  -* his: dasire to leave the USSR permanently and seek his future ins the Jest, :He claimed his new work in the £O8 (First -: - - Beputy Chief of thar department Charged with the surveillance ».q@nd reerniteent. of: Amsrican visitors: to.the USS2) was ax~ - ' panding and that‘he would not be akis to visit the Nest .~ -, with any frequency. Accordingly, he prepared 3 reguest: for 1. (Ser « political asylem in. the United States. He was taken .to----.-*> 2 [o> #2 1. Brankfart, Germany where ke is currentiy undergoing interroe- Po J) 5. 2. gation. Plans are no# being made to remove him to the U. S, 2 ee". 62 Ie should be noted that CIA contact with’ ubject “- - "Ras not beer extensive and that wa will require additionsl. ees - aro a wie .thorongh interrogation to establish Subdject*s bona fides. -. , & should alse. be noted that NOSENKO's duties Ware. not con- ““carned with substantive aspects. of the Disareament Conference, and he therefore. is net expected to be abla ta. she . “ny, lighi om that. area of our interest. .. J lige yee es. - 7... The possibility that NOSENXO's defection was da-" + ‘Signed te wreck. the. conference was Host carefully considered, . .. Tne. decisien: to accept hic. was- taken on the conviction that. "the Sovists would net. have chosen. such < vyalnerable agent”... - fetake officer ofthe kG63) for this kind of MOVEe. eee * i aie -- oF . -< Marshall 8. Carter 0° - Lisutenmant’Ganoral, USA | - . Deputy Direttor + 1+ ~ & . o i e - |