(404-10149-10026 wey THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE WASHINGTON, D. C. 20505 OLC 79-0113/n — ff 19 March 1979 SCH Office of Legislative Counsel 7 Mr. G. Robert Blakey Chief Counsel and Director Select Committee on Assassinations House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515 Dear Bob: Herewith are comments on the Nosenko draft. In commencing, it should be noted that Tennent Bagley remains under cover, retired abroad. We are obliged to honor that cover, which he has not moved to have modified. To expose his true status as a former CIA employee could have repercussions in his . present situation that we must accept as significant. When he; was here in November 1978, he was advised of steps necessary’ . to remove his cover, in the event he decided to go overt in this matter; he took no steps to alter his cover status. It remains classified. We therefore request that the example set in the Hart testimony, of referring to Mr. Bagley by the title of Deputy Chief, SB Division, be followed in this draft. 9 Following are detailed comments: | NOSENKO Testimony of Nosenko res ae Circled Page 3, lines 14 and 17, depending on how one counts. KGB agents should read KGB officers... : ae “ Circled Page 4, lines 3 through 20. Suggest the following. ~~ rewrite: | , at There were two factors, however, that Limited the value =. of the information supplied to the Committee by these _ ex-KGB officers: 1) neither had been assigned to: the same KGB Directorate as Nosenko, and 2) one of :them had information about the KGB that was outdated. « {i Cirelea Page 6. Noseio's actual testisony, last, response. ‘Suggest Page 6, line 6. Delete “woman in Utah" and insert “individual.” Page 6, lines 20 and 21. Delete "and even was a CO-OP fe cin. s cs FOR RE 13 a | Ono. CL OY “wz iL s cUhHSTORIGAL REVIEW PROGRNM ovement noes fi phehy 12S a rrotes, ~ + /
14-00000 Page 32, line 12. Belete cryptonym AEDONOR. Page 32, lines 20 and 24=25. Delete name “Thomas A. Ryan" and substitute "James Michaels." | Page 33, lines 1-3. Delete “Thomas A. Ryan" and insert “James C. Michaels" and "James Michaels" respectively. Page 37, line 8. Delete name "Ryan" and substitute name "Michaels." Page 38, line 23. Delete name "Deryabin" and substitute "Y." Page 43, lines 8, 14, 16, 21, and 22. Name should be "Fedoseyev." Page 48, line 24. Delete name "Ryan" and substitute name "Michaels." Page 51, line 5. Delete "Camp Perry" and insert "U.S. Government. | property outside the Washington area." Third page of statement made by Nosenko to ESCA 8/7/78, Jagt paragraph. Suggest placing month "October" in brackets after "November" to reflect correct date (we realize Mr. Nosenko gave: this date, but it is incorrect). Solie Testimony ner Page 56, line 17. Statement should read, "The transcript will reflect I asked him to prepare it in his own words on a previous day, a day or two before." , Page 58, line 9. "assuming *‘not "assing." - Page 59, line 23. Delete "Uh-uh" and substitute "yes." Page 66, line 20. Delete comma ‘and “by ‘Gown there" and substitute "and by SR." oe oo, Page 69, line 11. Even though Mr. Klein undoubtedly ‘used the word "agents", the word "officers" should be there. Murphy Testimony ase ; Introduction. Date on line 4 is wrong; should be 1964-67. _,, Pages nunbered 4 and 57° lines 24-25 and line Sy respectively.” Be Page 20, line 22. Change "propose" -to "expose." en.
14-00000 Michaels Testimony Deposition of Tom Ryan (Michaels). Throughout. this deposition, the name "Michael" is used. The formally registered alias waS| - "James C. Michaels" with a final "s," Page 5, line 7. Delete "Polish" and substitute "Bast European." Section 26 Entitled "Letters of CIA of 9/1/78 and FBI of 1/8/79" Second page of response to Question #3, second paragraph. "In 1976 Nosenko was paid $10 ,000...." Date should be changed to 1978. Our error. Bagley Testimony ; Page 7, line 32 of Bagley's prepared statement poten ie of his testimony. Substitute "allied service” for Typewritten Report | Page 52, line 5. Change "CIA Staff" to "CI Staff." Page 71, line 25 and Page 72, line 1. Delete “or the Soviet military intelligence." This indicates targetting priorities. Page 97, lines 14 and 20. Suagest insert (sic) after "agents." aueiae Page 99, line 23. The existence of a stat ionl . 4 aster is clearly indicated. Suggest put in brackets [in West Europe] . Page 110, line 13 and 19. Suggest! aélétion of "american/American's." Page 122, line 17. "A" on Angletons - ~~. Page 127, lines 18 and 19. Delete "several ‘other Soviet intel Ligence people who were in touch with us in one way Or another." Page 134, line 18. Suggest brackets after "five years" with dates 1962-67 inserted since Mr. Bagley had no control of Nosenko case after October 1967. Otherwise it may appear that Mr. Fithian was referring to the years 1964-69. ue co Page 138, line 12. Change "our foreign liaison agents" to read "foreign liaison officials.. | 2 .rpage 138, line 13, Change "him" to‘"them.", ee ad ‘ wee
14-00000 2 * ation with Rodger that you would. on this section of the report, ‘Could we have more I understand from your convers welcome a letter from the Agency, for inclusion with it in the’ final report. details? It is understood that this is the last paper we will see that has not already been reviewed. As you know, we are ready to follow-up in a meeting with you on the substantive comments already provided you. Very truly yours, 7 Ss. D.* Breckinridge Lb Principal /Coordinator, HSCA Distribution: /i Orig - Adse a . - SA/DDCI ~ Rininger, OGC ~ Sullivan, OS Sednaoui, DC/CI. - Holmes - OLC/Subj - OLC/Chrono OLC/SDB/ksn (19 Mar 79) © ee ee ee ee ee ee 3 2 Ba ms “8