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2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F_ KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992
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Yurily Ivanovich NOSENKO
IDENTIFICATION 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 _
BACKGROUND NOSENKO first contacted Agency_ per -
sonnel in Switzerland in June 1962
and subsequently de fected 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 Fron August 196 5 to
October 1967 NOSENKO was confined
at 'Camp Peary Virginia _ In October
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he was returned to the Washington
area given increas 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_
APPROVAL (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 Apr il
1964 (Tab 1) On 3 April 1964
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the
Agency Genera1 Counsel Mr Lawrence
Houston advised the Director of Security
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 Wh ite 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 0f
Security (Tabs 4 & 5)
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RESULTS 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
by the CI Staff raises. question
regarding NOSENKO ' s bona fides
and challenges the above two reports
TERMINATION NOSENKO continues under contract to
the . Agency He is brought to Wash ington
periodically
to consult on matters
germane' to his background and experience _
Various reports are available in the
files of the Office f Security which
detail financial aspects of this case
No final accoun ting has been made since
the project continues
COMMENTS (1) While the Office 0f Security files
do document the rationale for the original
confinement of NOSENKO they do not
docuent 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 dur wh ich 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 obta ined
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 follow_
locations
0S/SSD (Contact Mr _ Charles Phalen)
0S/SAG (Contact Mr _ Bruce Solie)
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