</s>104-10210-10020-2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 TOP SECRET 1. Attached are the following pages of the Top Secret study entitled, The Examination of the Bona Fides of a KBB Defector 1. Yuriy I. NOSENKO, dated February 1968 (copy 10). Copy 10 of this study had been forwarded to you earlier for your review. 2. We have deleted certain portions of these pages containing information which bears on the security of ongoing, viable CIA operations, or is related thereto. 3. We request return of the study (copy10), Annex A and Attachment when your review has been completed. Attachment: Pages vi, vi, 20, 46, 47, 49, 50, 266, 277, 278 281, 294, 295, 297, 319, 315, 324, 325, 326, 356 and 357 WARNING NOTICE - SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE SOURCES AND METHODS INVOLVED E2 IMPET CL BY 011340 TOP SECRET

**Key Individuals**

* NOSEMKO: Claimed to have served as Deputy Chief of the Seventh Department, involved in KGB operations against American tourists
* SLEESINGER: Suspected by the KGB First Chief Directorate due to business transactions with Soviets and potential FBI affiliation
* ORMOLD: Recruited by the Seventh Department for operational activities
* MFG former officer CHEIPARDY: Involved in KGB operations, including counterintelligence against American tourists

**KGB Operations**

* Conducted counterintelligence operations against American tourists in 1962-1963
* Recruited agents, including SVINCHINSKI and SLEESINGER
* NOSEMKO claimed awareness of the KGB's posture with respect to these operations

**Recall Telegram and Invention**

* NOSEMKO claimed receipt of a recall telegram from the KGB on February 4, 1964, prompting his return to Moscow
* Special intelligence does not confirm the existence of this telegram; NOSEMKO maintained it was an invention

**Operational Activities**

* The Seventh Department involved in various operational activities, including agent recruitment and counterintelligence operations against American tourists
* NOSEMKO claimed awareness of these activities and involvement in some of them

**Dates and Locations**

* 1962-1963: Period during which the KGB conducted counterintelligence operations against American tourists
* 1964: Year in which NOSEMKO defected, provided information about his activities, and claimed receipt of a recall telegram (existence unconfirmed)
* United States (1964 context): Mentioned as location for NOSEMKO's activities and interactions with the CIA

**Assassination Investigation**

* No direct information about the investigation into JFK's assassination
* Discussion of Rosenko's claims and activities, which are unrelated to the assassination investigation

JFK Declassified Files

104-10210-10020.pdf

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