COMMENTS ON THE NOSENKO DRAFT
Originator: CIA
From: BRECKINRIDGE, SCOTT D., OLC
To: BLAKEY, G. ROBERT, HSCA
Document date: 1979-03-19 00:00:00
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM

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RECORD NUMBER : 104-10082-10038

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AGENCY ORIGINATOR : CIA

FROM:

TO : BLAKEY, G. ROBERT, HSCA

TITLE : COMMENTS ON THE NOSENKO DRAFT

DATE

03/19/1979

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SUBJECTS : WITHHELD

WITHHELD

HSCA DRAFT

ERRATA

NOSENKO, YURI

MICHAELS, JAMES

DOCUMENT TYPE : PAPER

CLASSIFICATION : CONFIDENTIAL

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•THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE

WASHINGTON, D. C. 20505

Office of Legislative Counsel

19 March 1979

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.

Following are detailed comments:

NOSENKO

Testimony of Nosenko

Circled Page 3, lines 14 and 17, depending on how one counts.

KGB agents should read KGB officers.

Circled Page 4, lines 3 through 20. Suggest the following

rewrite:

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information about the KGB that was outdated.

Circled Page 6. Nosenko's actual testimony, last response. Suggest

changing word "defectionist" to "defector."

Page 6, line 6. Delete "woman in Utah" and insert "individual."

Page 6, lines 20 and 21. Delete "and even was a co-op from CIA." C

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Page 32, line 12. Delete cryptonym. AEDONOR.

Page 32, lines 20 and 24-25. Delete name "Thomas A. Ryan" and L

substitute "James Michaels."

Page 33, lines 1-3. Delete "Thomas A. Ryan" and insert "James C. Lon

Michaels" and "James Michaels" respectively.

Page 37, line 8. Delete name "Ryan" and substitute name "Michaels. " An

Page 38, line 23. Delete name "Deryabin" and substitute "y."

Page 43, Lines: 8, 1X, 16, 24,

and L2. Name should be "Fedoseyev. "C

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 HSCA 8/7/78, last

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

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 down there" and substitute

"and by SR."

Page 69, line 11. Even though Mr. Klein undoubtedly used the word

"agents", the word "officers" should be there.

Murphy Testimony

Introduction. Date on line 4 is wrong; should be 1964-67.U

Pages numbered 4 and 5, lines 24-25 and line 5, respectively.

solie not soley. v

Page 20, line 22. Change "propose" to "expose."

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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 "East European."

Section #6 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 statelent and page 25, Line 16

of his testimony. Substitute "allied service" for "French intelligence."

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. Suggest insert (sic) after "agents."

Page 99, line 23. The existence of a Station in Switzerland ,

is clearly indicated. Suggest put in brackets [in West Europel.

Page 110, line 13 and 19. Suggest deletion of "American/American's. " (

Page 122, line 17. "A" on Angleton.

Page 127, lines 18 and 19. Delete "several other Soviet intelligence t

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.

Page 138, line 12. Change "our foreign liaison agents" to read

"foreign liaison officials..

Page 138, line 13. Change "him" to "them."

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I understand from your conversation with Rodger that you would

welcome a letter from the Agency, on this section of the report,

for inclusion with it in the final report. Could we have more

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,

CONEDINTIAL

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