MEMO: NOSENKO AND THE MANGOLD LITIGATION
Originator: CIA
To: C/HRG
Document date: 03/23/1994
Document type: PAPER - TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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2023 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992

INTERNAL USE ONLY

23 March 1994

Memorandum For: C/HRG

Subject: Nosenko and the Mangold Litigation

I received a call from Kathy Kelly, OGC, this morning

concerning the Nosenko files in the JFK files. I described

the files again (about 4000+ pages that include transcripts

of all his interrogations and numerous studies on his bona

fides and treatment by the Agency including the Solie and

Hart reports and an 835 page comprehensive study). Since

Nosenko is an important figure in the JFK assassination

story and the files are part of the sequestered collection,

HRG is reviewing the files under the JFK Assassination

Records Collections Act. However, we were aware that some

of the documents were part of the Mangold litigation and

wanted to make sure that they were properly coordinated.

Kathy Kelly said that the Mangold litigation should not be a

factor in HRG's review.

If the files were subject to the

JFK Records Act, they should be processed under that Act.

When the review is complete, a list of the documents

released should be provide so that OGC can treat them the

same in the Mangold case.

I also talked with Kathy Stricker (yesterday) to get some

background on the handling of Nosenko files and what were

the "secrets" given what we know is publicly available. She

said for years the agency "glomared" Nosenko except for the

Oswald information: however, once Golitsyn became public

that ended. Today, the battle over his bona fides and how

he was treated are public knowledge.

The Agency up until a

couple years ago had not released some of the studies (she

mention

Solie) but she was not sure that this was still the

case or if it was possible to continue to deny them. DO has

protected the information provided by Nosenko on other

on other

Soviet sources and leads for possible recruitment.

This

type of information should continue to be protected.

Kathy Stricker's comments are consistent with HRG's handling

of the Nosenko files.

as related; his bona fides is a key element of the story and

there was a large amount of information including parts of

the studies on him in both the Oswald 201 and the JFK hard

copy collection.

We have deleted information provided on

other sources and operations not related to the JFK story.

We are also recommending release of the rest of the studies.

Although they contain potentially embarrassing information

for the Agency (as did the IG report on the Castro plots),

there doesn't appear to be grounds for denying under the

JFK

ACt.

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