MFR RE THE USE OF DRUGS IN THE YURIY NOSENKO CASE AT HIS INTERROGATION
Originator: CIA
From: REARDON, RAYMOND, SAG
To: MEMO FOR THE RECORD
Document date: 08/02/1978
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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2022 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992

2 August 1978

MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD

FROM:

Raymond M. Reardon

Security Analysis Group

SUBJECT:

Use of Drugs in the Yuriy Nosenko Case

1.

On 1 August 1978, Thomas A. Ryan, DDO/SE Division,

was interviewed regarding any possible use of drugs by the

Agency during the interrogations of Yuriy Nosenko. Mr. Scott

Breckinridge, Principal Coordinator for HSCA Matters,

was

present during the interview. Mr. Ryan provided the following

information.

2. Ryan became directly involved in the Nosenko case

in approximately April 1964.

He participated in the debriefing

sessions and later in the hostile interrogations which took

and Clinton, Mary!

Maryland.

He was directly involved with

the handling of Nosenko until early 1965 when Nosenko was

did see the Security

logs and the medical reports which were forwarded to SE Divi-

sion from time to time.

3.

Ryan

was certain that during the Clinton phase of

the debriefing and/or interrogation no drugs were

administered

to Nosenko. Furthermore, he has no reason to believe that

any drugs,

other than routine medicines, were administered

to

Nosenko while he was being held at ISOLATION.

Ryan mentioned that Paul L. Dillon and Sally Downey,

who are still with the Agency, would be logical persons to

Interview concerning the possible use of drugs on Nosenko.

is currently stationed at the Special

Parising Center and that Downey is currently assigned to

He also mentioned that John McMahon who, along with

was one of the two principal interrogators of Nosenko.

at Clinton, may still be associated with the Agency in a

contract capacity.

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