ve .. TOP SECRET 1, Attached is Annex A of the Top Secret study entitled, The Examination of the Bona Fides of a KGB Defector - Yuriy J. NOSENKO dated February 1968 (copy 10). Copy 10 of this study had been forwarded to you earlier for your review. 2. Certain portions of Annex A of this study are ; deleted since it contains information which bears on the security of ongoing, viable CIA operations, or ‘is related thereto. 3. We request return of the study (copy 10) and Annex A when your review has been completed. eine Attachment: As Stated Above “.“" WARNING NOTICE - SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE “SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED E2 IMPDET CL BY 011340 t TOP SECRET Ce a ae . .o re watt ene: ce an ® BBA Sane a Se WA MED Re PSE SR HALT ate ape tip iat at me aT ot elie va fetter 1+ EBRURRR 6 acter serene etucnrencaer a EDR Sat th ERMOREREES Sh YALL AUR Lele alae aati Abt ENN. Aaa Mite IO > Ahern we te
14-00000 sci SUPA EE gt epgesies, Seeing ae Laempnmrnsnias te Statements of Soviet Offictals Abouc NOSENKO j 3 2 4 CN EF ELMO NEO ‘ ° . E 4 a 3 2 “e 4& February 1564 be . ' . NOSENKO defected in Geneva. ; & February 1964 i The Chief of the Soviet Disarmament Delegation notified the Sovict Ambassador in Bern shortly before noon that | NOSENKO had disappeared, correctly placing the date as H 4 February. They speculated privately between themselves that he might have been “poisoned” or injured in an aute- mobile accident. ‘ | [> Foe & February 1964 An official spokesman of the Soviet Mission-in Geneva reported to the Swiss police that NOSENKO, an “expert temporarily assigned to Geneva", had been missing for four : days. 3 February 1964 a. . OE Evening news broadcasts in Geneva carried reports attributed to both Sovier and Swiss sources that NOSEHKO had disappeared. 10 February 1964 The Swiss press quoted unidentified Soviet sources : ; as saying it was presumed that NOSENKO had defected. . ' aes . eee SES Soe 6a Ne 197124 ‘Top Secret "Copy. 10 Lo 2) Bienen eh melt alata dg Sari REN ct MER ORRE set bo rine rb ta Tei a aod bag I RRRE Oa Eb Uhh IN A ae i RIT
Top Secret (Annex A) 10 February 1964 (couttaued) A U.S. Department of State press release was issued identifying NOSENKe as KGS officer and acknowledging his request for political asylum iu the United States. long tenure in the KGB, ROSLNKO would have a great deal of important information which he could impart to intelligence agencies of other countries. Certainiy, he would be acquainted with many KGB employees and could identify them. He alse would be intimately acquainted with a large number of Seviet agents working inside the USSR against American and British nattonals. According to a Sensitive SOUTCe, a or he: bulk of NOSENKO' cnowledge concerning KGB activities would revolve around the intelligence ° Operations of the KGB in Moscow and also KGB personalities working in Headquarters. WNOSENKO was also undoubtedly familiar with all KCB personalities in Geneva and certainly knew some KGB personalities in other countries. some rs oe re oe - ve a woe ve ~ of oye - Comment: NOSENKO identified a number of KGB officers in . Geneva; he asserted that some othere,.known by CIA to be connected with the KGB, were aot. 362, a a Top Secret OS er nan teen Swoemend Bieimarip tm sir ea cca OS etme hsp yry mite are fad a ethene Ete ba Heath ab bean 5 oe Orne taressurer be telnet eS a Ly. ’
14-00000 - ‘ a cept a. Fee BM SEE le gM, GABP TRE TRE ETE 1 ee te! (Annex A) Se gen terme ot ate 6 iO February 1964 (continued) According to a sensitive source , ces S aver NOSES EO Was affiliated vith the KGB for approximately sixteen yearg, since about 1947, end was an employee of che Second Chief Directorate in Mescow. His father, now dead, was a Deputy to the Prime Minister of the Soviet Union and also Minister of the Shipbuilding Industry. There is a shipyard named after NOSENKO's father in the. , Ukraine. ; Comment: NOSENRKU claims to have served in the GRU until 19353, when he entered the HGB. .& : According toa sensitive Source, ; . 5 z WP several KGE A : It appearec quite certain to SeeRes ae . 4 : officers that NOSENKO had the rank of Lieutenant colonel in the KG3. ; a7 : “inf <1 Comment: NOSEMKO was at the time claiming to have been. a KGs ileutenane colonel. Se a According to a sensitive source, s y eo ol Sb POR I mE eg gv a -S. newspanersa is not that of : DM Ne ‘worked with NOSENKO for several years in KGB Wleadquarters: he described NOSENKO as a person who likes to be fashionably dressed at all times and is fond of women, by nature a friendly individual and generally : m4 ; well-liked by his fellow workers. NOSENKO worked in the - ‘ - Secoad Chief Directorate. Sate, eetes Sem sete JT ne ree een ee erties, orcs vet Rane 363 Tea Secret : 1 Se tense Tome "reeeatcnat rca AEM Raber paneer
74-00000 ae is ify (Annex Aj oO ie 10 February 1964 (continued) °, a) Comment: . me raoetmerretrorstoente i ¢ eens , Serena. Soe TR Rar tercer many oven Chia, The photograph accompanying American and Swiss press accounts of NOSENKO's defection was by error not that of NOSENKO but’ of a sensitive source” Viadimir SHUSTOV, whot@ZiamSM and NOSENXO both identified as a “clean” Soviet diplomat at the Geneva Disarmament Conference. sent hate Noting the publicity accompanying the defection of KG3 officer NOSENKO in Switzerland, GOLITSYN recalled that 1 NOSENKO had been a Second Chief Directorate officer working against American citizens. Leta Hele tele be 4 i he 3 is Comment: Routinely, GOLITSYN had reviewed in March 1962 (before NOSENKO contacted CIA) a list of Ambassador DOBRYNIN informally notified the Departnent 2 of State that a Soviet note would be delivered later to ask how NOSEXKO had left Switzerland, to request hie release, and to demand an immediate interview with hin. . Soviet delegates to the Disarmament Conference. , NOSENKO’s name, which was on the list, did not . at that time prompt any comment from GOLITSYN. 4 . a . 3 li February 1964 . : : - moos . 74 12 February 1964 SK. TSARAPKIN, the head of the Soviet Delegation to the Disarmament Conference, read a statement at a press conference’ in which he strongly condemned the Swiss authorities for permitting NOSENKO's "kidnapping" and for hindering efforts to locate him. TSARAPKIN demanded that immediate ateps be taken to return NOSENKO to Soviet custody. — - 366 a _ SAAT SiR Gace Wk Beate we ater
14-00000 me ee Top Secret cose A le (Annex A) at 12 February 1964 (centinued) 3 a x q At stmultaneot: press Conferences in Sern and Genava, the Swiss refected these arcusations. of non-cooperation and aored . the Sovier delay fn advist.z the police of NOSENKO'a disanzea-- . ce fi rance and Soviet failure to cooperate with Swigs authorities in locating NOSENKO The Soviet note earlier ‘promised. by POBRYNIN was delivere: to.the State Departacnt. A noncemmictal reply was given to Soviet queries concerning the requested interview and the means of NOSENKO's departure from Switzeriand, $67 Hse ee ‘ The Swiss Embassy asked for a meeting with NOSENKO in wg see ea Ee order to obtain assurance thar the defection had been veluntary. Arranuyeucnts cere made to have NOSENKO meet with ; Swiss and Soviet representatives in ¥ashington as soon as ' possible. on: gece ate NOSENKO arrived in Washington at 2130 hours. ts Ube te 32-13 February 1964 a barat ae SS fe otal p sh Sd iis 14 February 1964 , ca ‘In Moscow, Soviet Foreign Minister GROMYKO read to : . 4 Ambassador KOHLER a statement deploring the “evasive” reply ; 4 of the State Departwent te Soviet inquiries in Washington and terming the whole event of SOSENKO’s disappearance a 36$§ __ Top Secrat_ We afc es RE PALS Rabegece pre Rae 2 ae “ss,
14-00000 a Top Secret - (Annex A) : — 14 February 1964 (continued) “pross provocation by American lncelligenace orgens” GhOMYKO repeated the cemand for NOSENKO's immediate release from American custody. Tne Counselor of the Swiss Embassy interviewed NOSENKO at the Nashington offices of the U.S. Immigration and Naturali- zation Service. The Seviee confrontation immediately after- wards was handled by Minister Counselor G.M. KORNTENKO, and Third Secretary  V.eF. JSAKOV, a recent arrival in:Washington, NUSENKO told both the »wiss and the Soviets that he had defected of his own free will after careful consideration and that he had no desire toe return to the Scviet Union. In response to KORNTENKO's questions, he apecificaliy renounced his status and rights as a Soviet citizen. 18 February 1964 Feliks KOVALEV, a Soviet diplomat in Buenos Aires, told a CIA agent that he had attended the Institute of Inter= national Relations with NOSENKO. According ca KOVALEV, NOSENKO had twice married, had a good family background, was the son of a Minister in the Government, was notoricus for his “adventurous" nature, and "famous for his character” rpc sina ore pebaiene reais 7 SSR HERAT EMD ce {REM aoessel see CT Sa EU erL et NSW Sere Foamy + WED He cer ~ Oa Sasladenee Fades pear demateal taba dos Cha,
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Oye Se eto had been in the second Chief Directorate ; for about 14 years “and was acquainted with almogt all of the so employees of this directorate. He was awere of the structure an of the KGB and knuws many pe ersonnel of che Firet Chief : Directorate. bilpeare 3 : best BR Lae a tt oe is NOSENKO, as Deputy to the Chief : ; roy of the Seventh Depa ariment, had in his possession a telephone ! directory which iisted the names of gone. 10,000 KGB employees . in Mosceuw. Only Chiefs and Deputy Chiefs of Departments ,h, these phone books. ghia gpre:- qo mist orem expressed ree Mth officer opinicn that "NOSENKO is much more vaiuable to the FBI and CLA than was Oleg PENKOVSKIY because of the fact that he knows se auch about the methods of work of the First and Second Directorates of the KGS and is gamiliar with so many individuals in the KGB both in Moscow and abroad. a GMa KGB office GR said that PLNKOVSKIY was able co furnish American and British Intelligence with a lot of information concerning - defense secrets of the Soviet Union, but NOSENKO is much more knowledgeable ia lateliigence anc counterintelligence operations of the kcoB." Comment: NOSENKG has never commented on the KGB ; ~ telephone book referred 0 above. “TS. No. 197124. _ Coy ~ 10_ |
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in @ resporse to a question Mae Aceording to a sensitive source, the defection night be a i whether M°SINYO actually cefected or whether x33 "trick", the souree replied: fhat fron his own knowledge of this mat LLeET s he was convinced that WSEILO's defection was not a "trick" by the KGB, 22 February 1964 a . According to a sensitive source from conversations with va ver ous unnaned. KO8 ° officers: HOfSENKO worked azainst personnel seeeoresuncummmremagerene vista comans acme vate ow - Se tate 3 stationed at Ch. Ancrican Prbassvy in Mewes, and with his q help agents were developed amore these Americans. [t is ‘ . 4 : aeysuced by the FG. that he is familfar with the number and a ° Tocatior of microzvacnes sn the Proassy. - i Comment: Although NOSENKO knew that there were micro- E> 4 phones in three seneral locations in the ‘ , i Embass., his specif le informacion regarding \ . the number and location of microphones was * lisited to that cuntained in a written lise brousht to Geneva in 1964, a list which he claimed no one in the KGB knew he had, oS Piste ay re *: 24 February 1964 wt a Jeerenare senate ‘s Women clatniag co he the wife and mother of NOSENKO 4 visited the Ameri:an imbassy iu Moscow for the first time, 4 expressing disbelief that he had voluntarily betrayed his family and country and requesting a personal meeting with him. reek ete foe Ta ate ean he Pgh gh? fay SEPARATE OBIS LASSE TOR BITRE MELE IS oy Le an YA, ARERR HORNE ROR a Pela Neen kn ne es een senna cnn gente one 7 : ¥ } i
14-00000 i (Annex A) . -- ooo . mR Feorsary 196% (continued) Comment: NOSENKO coafivmed thetr identities as hie wife ee : and mothe: on the basis of physical deacrip- ! rc : tions. On only one previcus occasion have so A mepbets of a defector’s family called on a , i foreign embassy in Moscow. © Following the ; ‘ defectiun of Yurdy Vasilyevich KROTKOV in ; England in 1963, hie wife appeared at the , : British Frebassy to make inquiries about him. : 5g 3 Stn & separ y Eyeststest tlt : if es KUROCHKIN (fu), a XGB sal officer scheculed for assizgament to Washington, . ' ‘ will not be sent us he fs “well-known” to NOSENKO. In the ; “eourse of-his duties in Moscow, KUROCHKIN had very often E 4 1 visited the department where NOSENKO worked and, a6 @ result, NOSENKO is "more than casually acquainted with him" Comment: NOSENKO has never identified KUROCHKIN nor referred to the name. SEAL SR Bo B28 SMT BUA AL, 1S NORE tata Med a EM eae Cut Bat ee tte a 3, REIRSON CSREES SNE Kt ANS, SENT ZONA. : = ree ene ahi one ae Bassas event
(Annex A) , wy oye — : Rast eee Kod gases alee, ae eeegk Y Bee a February 1964 } é 3 ik “S8 e t Nfkolay ARTAMONOV, who defected from the Soviet Navy in \ the late 1950's, noted the publicity accompanying NOSENKO's defection. He volunteered to CIA that he attended a naval preparatory school witu the son of Minister NOSENKO in 1944-1946, . r wane ONT Comment: ARTAMONOV's description of the school and of the dates involved differs from those. cléiadd by NOSENKO. a temapmenrneroaetreyy pans memes ray or eka! ade erence dienes 428% a oo KCR officer Viadimie THLAYEV mentioned NOSENKO to a “7. 2 ge. | TULAYEV said that NOSENKO, ; WNGG HE Knew VEIT, Came EO a wonderful family, loved his po wife and children, and earned a good salary. (TULAYEV 5 later said on another occasion that. he had friends who knew NOSENKO well.) a. Comment: NOSENKO never identified TULAYEV by nane or ~ . ‘ Lo photopraph. When asked, NOSENKO denied . knowing him. ~ wo roe, we mo, ; no Be me atewr dare we > AM g vm stare nS 9 RON ERE ay tented eee wre rei teeta tere meer
ete LEE MAE AB NS eti aT 1 Lose tang on as ries ar eee re Chek be a rere int inraieaarettaN February-March 1964 3 SEES KG3 conmisasion pas in tne process of studying “the ecale of loss" {caused by SUOSENKO's defection} to the USSR. The commission was very jarge, forned fron difference cerpartments of the KGB. The study (sic) was made “because it fe supposed that to many nuclear \b promettametion Lite PROT E a omg NOSESKO had access ta many rocket matters, Matters, to many utrategical objectea of the cuuntry...many i details about life of the leaders of the cauntry, in the an . i #4 gecvernnent...that he knew very much sbout internal relations i” 2d, ‘between the people working in the KGB, thas he had many ' ql’ close friends among them and (spent] daye and nighta ‘ : ‘together with them. The whole history. of his life was a ‘ f : etudied step by step very carefully." } 4 of : a ' . ~ . ~ , : . an wae basis - : : : , os 4 . tay . ve wee ba. of re moot - ae - : tee - 2 ‘ ° . 4. T$.No. 197124 Lt VESTER Be BH Whee oP eRe NUE lee LS Hits cates? ? 5 - ‘ . se \ : p