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Summary  
The document compiles information on Yuriy Ivanovich Nosenko’s alleged involvement with Soviet KGB operations against U.S. interests from 1953 to 1966. Nosenko, a former KGB officer who defected in 1962, provided claims about KGB recruitment of American citizens, surveillance of embassy staff, and espionage activities targeting diplomats, military personnel, and tourists. His accounts describe methods such as blackmail, sexual entrapment, and technical surveillance (e.g., microphones, telephone taps) to gather intelligence. The CIA interrogated Nosenko from 1962–1966, noting inconsistencies in his statements and discrepancies between his claims and KGB operational records. Some of his allegations were corroborated by other sources, including KGB agents like William Vassall and Boris Beltsky, while others were deemed unreliable due to contradictions with documented procedures. The text also references KGB internal reviews questioning Nosenko’s credibility and the validity of his claims about recruitment timelines, operational assignments, and interactions with Soviet officials.  

Key People  
- **Yuriy Ivanovich Nosenko**: Defector who claimed involvement in KGB operations against U.S. targets, including surveillance of embassy staff and recruitment of American citizens. His accounts were scrutinized for inconsistencies.  
- **William Vassall**: British Admiralty officer identified as a KGB agent; confirmed some of Nosenko’s claims about KGB infiltration of Western embassies.  
- **Boris Beltsky**: Double agent who reported to both the CIA and KGB, providing information on U.S. embassy personnel like Shulagina.  
- **Lee Harvey Oswald**: Mentioned as a target of KGB interest in 1959–1960; no direct link to JFK assassination is detailed.  
- **George Blake**: MI-6 agent who betrayed CIA tourist operation plans to the KGB, informing KGB studies on U.S. intelligence use of tourists.  
- **KGB officials**: Including General Grigoryev, Colonel Kaloshin, and Mikhail Bakhalov, referenced in Nosenko’s accounts of operational procedures and assignments.  

Key Locations  
- **Moscow**: Central to KGB operations, including the American Embassy Section, KGB headquarters (House Number 2, Dzhérzhinsky Square), and locations where surveillance and recruitment occurred.  
- **Soviet naval bases** (e.g., Sovetskaya Gavan’ in Primorsky Krai): Sites of alleged KGB assignments for Nosenko and other officers.  
- **West German Embassy in Moscow**: Targeted by KGB electronic surveillance, per Nosenko’s claims.  
- **Inturist Headquarters (National Hotel)**: Site of recruitment efforts against American tourists and embassy staff.  

Key Events  
- **1959 CIA-MI-6 Conference**: Exchange of strategies on using tourists for intelligence operations, which the KGB allegedly obtained through George Blake’s betrayal.  
- **KGB Study on American Intelligence (1961)**: Analyzed CIA use of tourists for espionage, informed by Blake’s disclosures.  
- **Surveillance and Recruitment Operations**: KGB employed sexual entrapment, blackmail, and technical surveillance to compromise Americans, including diplomats, military personnel, and tourists.  
- **Nosenko’s Defection (1962)**: His claims about KGB operations were later scrutinized by the CIA, with inconsistencies noted in his timeline and assignments.  
- **Expulsions of U.S. Embassy Staff**: Including Earl L. Mickelson and William R. Stroud, due to suspected espionage activities linked to KGB surveillance.  

Key Organizations  
- **KGB Seventh Department**: Responsible for counterintelligence operations against foreign nationals, including Americans and British tourists.  
- **KGB Second Chief Directorate**: Oversaw recruitment and operational planning against U.S. embassy personnel.  
- **KGB First Chief Directorate**: Monitored internal KGB activities and provided oversight on Nosenko’s cases.  
- **Inturist (Soviet Tourism Agency)**: Served as a recruitment ground for KGB operatives targeting American tourists.  
- **CIA**: Engaged in intelligence gathering on KGB operations, including interactions with double agents like Beltsky.

Summary:  
The document details extensive KGB operations targeting U.S. embassy personnel and code clerks in Moscow during 1960–1964. These efforts focused on surveillance, recruitment attempts, and counterintelligence activities against American diplomats, including code clerks like STORSBERG, KEYSERS, MORONE, and others. The KGB employed tactics such as deploying female agents, using third-country intermediaries (e.g., Finnish agent PREISFREUND), and conducting photographic and technical surveillance to gather intelligence. Operations involved collaboration with Polish UB and Bulgarian MVR intelligence services, including efforts to compromise U.S. diplomats like H.G. Lunt and suspected CIA operatives. KGB officers such as NOSENKO, KOSOLAPOV, and KOVSHUK were central to these activities, though their accounts of events varied significantly across interrogations, raising questions about the reliability of their testimonies. The KGB also engaged in espionage against American tourists, including entrapment schemes targeting individuals like W.B. Johnson and Lee Harvey Oswald, with NOSENKO overseeing operations under the Seventh Department. Internal KGB conflicts over operational control and disinformation tactics are noted, alongside attempts to manage double agents like BELTSKY, a KGB-controlled CIA operative.  

Key People:  
- **NOSENKO**: KGB officer overseeing operations against U.S. embassy personnel and code clerks; provided inconsistent accounts of events across interrogations.  
- **KOSOLAPOV**: KGB specialist involved in monitoring and recruiting American code clerks, including interactions with Paul Jenner and John Garland.  
- **STORSBERG (06)**: Military code clerk targeted for recruitment by the KGB through female agents and surveillance.  
- **KEYERS**: U.S. Army Specialist Fifth Class who attempted to defect but reported KGB approaches to embassy officials.  
- **PREISFREUND**: Finnish agent used by the K,GB to develop relationships with American targets; later admitted involvement in operations.  
- **MORONE (Joseph)**: Code clerk surveilled and targeted for recruitment due to alleged vulnerabilities.  
- **BEGGS (Frank)**: Marine guard at the Embassy involved in a sexual relationship with a Polish agent.  
- **IVANOVA (Svetlana)**: Maid/waitress at America House who reported on Embassy staff to KGB.  
- **GROMAKOVA**: KGB agent posing as a language instructor for ABIDIAN, a suspected CIA officer.  
- **BELTSKY**: KGB-controlled CIA double agent used in operations against U.S. intelligence.  

Key Locations:  
- **Moscow, USSR**: Central hub for KGB operations targeting American embassy personnel and code clerks.  
- **Helsinki, Finland**: Site of KGB operations involving PREISFREUND’s interactions with American targets.  
- **America House**: Embassy facility where U.S. personnel like STORSBERG and KEYERS were stationed; subject to homosexual-related surveillance.  
- **Pushkin Street, Moscow**: Suspected deaddrop site monitored by the KGB for ABIDIAN’s activities.  
- **Geneva**: Site of meetings between KGB officers (e.g., NOSENKO) and CIA agents, including a 1962 financial exchange.  
- **Cuba/Bulgaria**: Locations where KGB conducted espionage operations against U.S. interests, including travel by NOSENKO under a false identity.  

Key Events:  
- **Recruitment attempts against code clerks**: KGB used female agents, third-country intermediaries, and surveillance to target individuals like STORSBERG and MORONE.  
- **Surveillance of embassy communications**: Microphones were installed in offices such as the Minister Counselor’s and code rooms, with technical searches revealing hidden devices.  
- **Collaboration with Polish UB and Bulgarian MVR**: Joint efforts to compromise U.S. diplomats, including H.G. Lunt, through exploitation of alleged vulnerabilities (e.g., homosexual activities).  
- **Entrapment of American tourists**: KGB targeted individuals like W.B. Johnson in homosexual entrapment schemes, using agents such as VOLKOV and YEFREMOV.  
- **Internal KGB conflicts**: Disputes over operational control, disinformation tactics, and the validity of NOSENKO’s claims about his activities.  
- **Double agent management**: Operations involving BELTSKY, a KGB-controlled CIA operative used to lure American intelligence.  
- **1962 Geneva meeting**: NOSENKO exchanged information with CIA agents for financial gain, highlighting KGB-CIA interactions.  

Key Organizations:  
- **KGB (Soviet Union)**: Central intelligence agency overseeing operations against U.S. diplomats and code clerks, including the Seventh Department and Second Chief Directorate.  
- **Second Chief Directorate**: Oversaw counterintelligence efforts against foreign embassies, including surveillance of the American Embassy in Moscow.  
- **Seventh Department (KGB)**: Handled operations against American tourists and double agent management, with NOSENKO as a key officer.  
- **Polish UB (Security Service)**: Collaborated with KGB on compromising U.S. diplomats.  
- **Bulgarian MVR (Ministry of Interior)**: Partnered with KGB to target U.S. targets like H.G. Lunt.  
- **CIA**: Engaged in counterintelligence efforts, monitoring KGB agents like Bienstock and FRIPPEL, and interacting with NOSENKO during meetings.  
- **NSA**: Analyzed cryptographic vulnerabilities in U.S. diplomatic traffic targeted by the KGB.

Summary  
The document details KGB surveillance of Lee Harvey Oswald (OSWALD), an American who resided temporarily in the USSR during 1959–1963. The KGB monitored his visa application, activities in Moscow, and interactions with Soviet embassy officials prior to his return to the U.S. After JFK’s assassination in November 1963, W. Nosenko (a KGB officer) reported the event to KGB headquarters, prompting a review of Oswald’s file. The KGB concluded there was no prior operational interest in Oswald. The text also references Nosenko’s interactions with U.S. intelligence agencies (CIA), including his defection to the U.S. in 1964 and alleged involvement in tracking GRU agents.  

Key People  
- **Lee Harvey Oswald**: American resident in the USSR, subject of KGB surveillance.  
- **W. Nosenko**: KGB officer who reported JFK’s assassination to KGB headquarters.  
- **GRIBANOV**: KGB official overseeing Oswald’s case and coordinating actions against Barghorn.  
- **BARGHOORN**: American intelligence officer arrested in Moscow for possessing compromising materials.  
- **OSWALD (Lee Harvey Oswald)**: Central figure in KGB surveillance and post-assassination review.  

Key Locations  
- **Moscow, USSR**: Site of Oswald’s temporary residence and Barghorn’s arrest.  
- **Mexico City, Mexico**: Location of Oswald’s interactions with Soviet embassy officials prior to JFK’s assassination.  
- **Soviet Embassy in Washington, D.C.**: Monitored Oswald’s communications.  

Key Events  
- **KGB surveillance of Oswald (1959–1963)**: Monitoring his visa application and activities in the USSR.  
- **Arrest of Barghorn (1963)**: KGB detained Barghorn after he was approached by an agent with compromising materials.  
- **JFK Assassination (November 1963)**: Nosenko reported the event to KGB headquarters, leading to a review of Oswald’s file.  
- **Nosenko’s defection to the U.S. (1964)**: Facilitated by CIA, involving exfiltration via Switzerland.  

Key Organizations  
- **KGB (Soviet Union)**: Conducted surveillance on Oswald and reviewed his case post-assassination.  
- **CIA (United States)**: Engaged with Nosenko post-defection and monitored KGB activities.  
- **Seventh Department of the KGB**: Handled American-related cases, including Oswald’s surveillance.  
- **First Chief Directorate of the KGB**: Oversaw counterintelligence operations against U.S. entities.

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