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2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992

Yurily Ivanovich NOSENKO

IDENTIFICATION:

BACKGROUND

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APPROVAL

NOSENKO, Yurily Ivanovich, a Soviet

KGB officer who defected in 1964 and

was subsequently involuntarily con-

fined in the U.S. by the Agency for

a period of approximately three years.

NOSENKO first contacted Agency per-

sonnel in Switzerland in June 1962

and subsequently defected in January

1964.

NOSENKO was brought to the U.s.

and after a period of relative freedom

he was involuntarily confined in

April 1964. From April 1964 to

August 1965, he was confined at an

Agency controlled site in Clinton,

Maryland.

From August 1965 to

October 1967, NOSENKO was confined

at Camp Peary, Virginia.

In October

1967, he was

returned to the Washington

area, given

increasing amounts of

freedom until he was given total free-

dom in April 1969.

NOSENKO became a

U:S. citizen in April 1974. NOSENKO

was employed by the Agency as a

consultant in March 1969 and continues

under contract to date. His present

salary is $23,500 per year.

(1) The legal basis to confine NOSENKO

against his will was discussed by

Mr. Richard Helms, DD/P, and others with

the Deputy Attorney General on 2 April

1964 (Tab 1) .

On 3 April 1964, the

Agency General Counsel, Mr. Lawrence

louston, advised the Director of Security

by memorandum that such confinement was

proper (Tab 2).

(2) There are

a series of letters from

the DDCI, DCI

and others to various

agencies, including the Department of

Justice

and the White House,

covering

the period 1964 to 1969, evidencing

awareness of these agencies of the

NOSENKO affair (Tab 3).

(3) The conditions of NOSENKO's confine-

ment were established by the Office of

Security (Tabs 4 & 5).

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RESULTS

TERMINATION

COMMENTS

By memorandum dated 2 October 1968,

the Director of Security forwarded

two reports to the DDCI summarizing

the results of the NOSENKO case to

that date.

The reports are voluminous.

One was prepared by the Office of

Security and the other by the FBI.

Both reports conclude that NOSENKO

was a bona fide defector.

A draft

memorandum attached to this file,

dated 21 October 1968 and prepared

oy the Cl Staff, raises questior

regarding NOSENKO's bona fides

and challenges the above two reports.

NOSENKO continues under contract to

the Agency. He is brought to Washington

periodically to consult on matters

germane to his background and experience.

Various reports are available in the

files of the Office of Security which

detail financial aspects of this case.

No final accounting has been made since

the project continues.

(1) While the Office of Security files

do document the rationale for the original

confinement of NOSENKO, they do not

document the rationale for his continued

confinement over so long a period of time.

A memorandum dated 5 August 1969 states

that various congressional staff officers

were briefed on NOSENKO and states that

concern for his safety, as well as con-

cern regarding his bona fides, prompted

the prolonged confinement. (See Tab 6)

(2) Office of Security files document

a period in 1969 during which a mail

cover was placed on NOSENKO.

(3) During the above period, NOSENKO

was allowed a pleasure trip

to Florida.

During this trip, Agency personnel, with

apparent Headquarters approval, obtained

the services of prostitutes.

This

apparently occurred on at least two

occasions.

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FILES

Office of Security files on NOSENKO

are maintained in the following.

locations:

OS/SSD (Contact - Mr. Charles Phalen)

OS/SAG (Contact - Mr. Bruce Solie)

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