“14-00000 orpye onbnbl 1 October 196S MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Security 7 FROM : Deputy Chief, Security Research Staff SUBJECT : NOSENKO, Yuriy Ivanovich 1. In accordance with the request of the Deputy Director of Central Intelligence, attached is a summary with c”
“14-00000 643 € January 1975 SUBJECT: Yuriy Ivanovich NOSENKO 1. Information that NOSENKO had defected and was in the United States in February 1964 was known to appropriate agencies and articles had appeared in the public media. 2. NOSENKO was in the United States u”
“IF". .: u-v.— 1 October 1968 MEMORANDUM FOR: Director of Security FROM : Deputy Chief, Security Research Staff SUBJECT . : NOSENKO, Yuriy Ivanovich / 1. In accordance with the request of the Deputy Director .of Central Intelligence, attached is a summary with conclus”
“152 HT C 5/ ., 00 DNLY * CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY . WASHINGTON 25, D.C 19! ■ , OffICE Of DEPUTY DIRECTOR Of CENTRAL INTELUGENCE CM Man de . : 12 February 1964 HENORANDUN FOR: teexed c United States Intelligence Board Members. SUsJctsi.m Yuri Ivanovich NOSENK”
“14-00000 SECRET ,sornt-nritt-wD-nodMSM ANA LY TICAL COMMENTS CONCERNING THE BONA FIDES OF YURIY IVANOVICH NOSENKO As indicated in the introduction to this summary, information in regard to Yuriy Ivanovich NOSENKO will be considered against an arbi trary but realisti”
“14-00000 andvi—■ *3 Pol ( « ElEdU Y Euro 0) 11 February 1954 MEMORANDUM FOR: *r. McGeorge Buady SUBJECT: Yuri Ivanovich NOSENKO 1. This memorandum refers to the State Department release of 10 February on subject case and provides addi- tional background as well as”
“14-00000 Operational Memo # N-4 SUBJECT: NOSENKO, Yuri Ivanovich The following is a typed copy of a handwritten memorandum furnished by Subject on 1 November 1967, following a request on 31 October 1967: ' . What were the motif and the reasons which have led me to the”
“1 1-00000 1U/ 05294 .• CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY WASHINGTON 25 0 C 9 OFFICE OF DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELUCENCE 12 February 1964 NEORANDUN FOR: United Statas Intelligence Board Members SUBJECT: ‘‘. Yuri Ivanovich NOSENKO 1. This memorandum refers to the Stat”
“14-00000 or specuw* INTRODUCTION The following summary and analysis is not intended to be all inclusive, that is to contain a specific comment on all organi- zational, operational, personality and case type information furnished by Yuriy Ivanovich NOSENKO. To attempt ”
“14-00000 * A January 1975 269 SUBJECT: Yuriy Ivanovich NOSENKO 1. Information that NOSENKO had defected and was in the United States in February 1964 was known to appropriate agencies and articles had appeared in the public media. 2. NOSENKO was in the United States ”
“14-00000 187 til ,EYES CNLY CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY WASHINGTON 25, O C. OFFICE or DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELUCENCE 1 12 February 1964 NEORANDUN FOR: United States Intelligence Board Members SUSJSCT1 . Yuri Ivanovich NOSENKO 1. This memorandum refers to the”
“14-00000 TSP. C. ET 0/0300 LYE) une. : 9 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY WASHINGTON 25, 0.0 ., OFFICE of DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE 4 . - Jo it February 1964 MEMORANDUM FOR: 3 United States Intelligence Board Members. h’IM V.Tcohr, ": - *4 : :: - -7 • SUB”
“14-00000 if ( 10th January 1975 SUBJECT: Yuriy Ivanovich NOSENKO 1. Information that NOSENKO had defected and was in the United States in February 1964 was known to appropriate agencies and articles had appeared in the public media. 2. NOSENKO was in the United States”
“English was completely adequate for purposes of polygraph testing. Subject was completely cooperative in all respects. Subject displayed no evasiveness and appeared to be completely frank whenever he was questioned or gave information on a topic. The following relevant ques”
“0- 7/08 SECRET I. PREFACE 1 A. Purpose of Paper This paper has been prepared to compare the results of the 1967-68 interrogations of YURI NOSENKO with a CIA paper dated February, 1968, entitled ”The Examination of the Bona Fides of a KGB Defector." This CIA paper was bas”
“1 4-00000 cannot be established with certainty, it is evident that truth and fact are not what NOSENKO relates. By almost any test, virtually any of NOSENKO’s above claims are impugned by fact or probability. or contradicted or retracted in his own statements. NOSENKO is ”
“14-00000 - .titd UNL1 • ’C-NTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY /% WASHINGTON 25. D. C. (3, OFFICE OF DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELUGENCE 12 February 1964 NEHORANDUM FOR: United States Intelligence Board Members SUBJECT Yuri Ivanovich NOSENKO - .1. This memorandum refers to”
“14-00000 e .TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction :II. Summary of Developments in NOSENKO Case Since 30 October 1967 Analytical Comments Concerning the Bona Fides of Yuriy Ivanovich NOSENKO A. Is NOSENKO Identical to the Person Whom He Claims to be? B. Is the Claimed”
“1 4-00000 % - - TOP ut 890 ■—,1 Ci EYES SHU ■ II February 1954 MEMORANDUM FOR: Mr. McGoorga Bundy SUBJECT: Yuri Ivanovich NOSENKO 1. This memorandum refers to the State Department al release of 10 February on subject case and provides addi- tional background as well”
“14-00000 f D. During the period 1955-1960, he was neither a senior case officer in, nor Deputy Chief of, the Seventh Department American-British Commonwealth Section. E. NOSENKO was neither Deputy Chief of the American Embassy Section nor a senior officer or supervi”
“14-00000 y • TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction II. Summary of Developments in NOSENKO Case Since .30 October 1967 III. Analytical Comments Concerning the Bona Fides of Yuriy Ivanovich NOSENKO A. Is NOSENKO Identical to the Person Whom He Claims to be? 1 B. Is the”
“14-00000 ■ ■ TOP SECRET , . EYES ON.Y- 11 February 1354 MEMORANDUM FOR: Mr. McGoorga Bundy SUBJECT: Yuri Ivanovich NOSENKO 1. This monorandun refers to the State Department release of 10 February on subject case and provides addi tional background as well as informati”
“Top Secret [ (FOUNDATIONS OF NOSENKO'S CLAIMS) CIA while at the same time the CIA has penetrated the KGB. From this moment, I do not conceal this fact, I began to feel afraid that the KGB would somehow learn of my contact with you. This article deeply 'interested' the KGB”
“30000 QEODET oLUNLI ANALY TICAL COMMENTS CONCERNING THE BONA FIDES OF YURIY IVANOVICH NOSENKO As indicated in the introduction to this summary, information in regard to Yuriy Ivanovich NOSENKO will be considered against an arbi trary but realistic list of areas cons”
“1 4-00000 SEUKE: PREVIOUS CONCLUSIONS RE NOSENKO AS CONTAINED ON PAGES 357 - 360 OF "THE EXAMINATION OF THE BONA FIDES OF A KGB DEFECTOR" The following is a quote of the previous conclusions in the case of Yuriy Ivanovich NOSENKO. (The specific conclusions have been g”
“14-00000 SFPSC7 0uvf. 02 046 : Ay-ceavo i Yurily Ivanovich NOSENKO NOSENKO is a Soviet intelligence officer who defected in Switzerland in 1964. He was subsequently brought to the U.S., and after a short period of relative freedom, he was confined under strict and r”
“14-00000 SECRET MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD SUBJECT: Yuriy Ivanovich NOSENKO / In early or mid-1967, the Agency General Counsel was provided a summary of the Nosenko case. The memorandum sought an advisory opinion from the General Counsel on the Agency’s legal basis for i”
“14-00000 SECRET MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD SUBJECT: Yuriy Ivanovich NOSENKO / In early or mid-1967, the Agency General Counsel was provided a summary of the Nosenko case. The memorandum sought an advisory opinion from the General Counsel on the Agency’s legal basis for i”
“14-00000 SECRET PREVIOUS CONCLUSIONS RE NOSENKO AS CONTAINED ON PAGES 357 - 360 OF "THE EXAMINATION OF THE BONA FIDES OF A KGB DEFECTOR" The following is a quote of the previous conclusions in the case of Yuriy Ivanovich NOSENKO. (The specific conclusions have been gi”
“13-00000 Top Secret (Annex A) Kapiton st 2869 53® 22198 1 am *** Bales 50688000946100 2091800 ammesizatzmesk anturtrantso 08 /049/128/38 3/2972878897 ’... . we .0 write END *******02*d*ron******-9709*72/2d-zaz/ So asgeytva 23 March 1964 The two women”
“( If —- S-PC -> YosenRo AccouneDIsputeS harge y oulEL MBITAD SZULO-2’5 Defection.- Preceded - Repdri Service; ; Officials. off the State 4.3 spchitozh-Ne.Yorx Tmensen vol*o--vud Department, the Central. In- • WASHINGTON, Febaitss to- Swis“ Police, Apparently. Immigration ta”
“14-00000 Operational Memo # N-4 0.: & 1 SUBJECT: NOSENKO, Yuri Ivanovich The following is a typed copy of a handwritten memorandum U furnished by Subject on 1 November 1967, following a request on A 31 October 1967;. ' - What were the motif and the reasons which have le”
“nt of the KGB; 2. Whether Subject had intentionally given Mr. Solie any false information. PROCEDURE Subject was given a polygraph examination on 2 August 1968 at a safesite in the vicinity of Washington, D.C. The examination was conducted in the English language. Subject's compr”
“14-00000 D. During the period 1955-1960, he was neither a senior case officer in, nor Deputy Chief of, the Seventh Department American-British Commonwealth Section. E. NOSENKO was neither Deputy Chief of the American Embassy Section nor a senior officer or ■ superviso”
“1 Top Secret 21 Introduction 81 The judgment of NOSENKO’s bona fides entailed the distillation of the huge volume of counterintelligence information assembled in connection with his case, including the product of,his lengthy interrogations, the analysis of KGB operations ”
“®2®§^^3®E5H®!s*^ii®B3®E®S^^0!OTE3s!^4;(a2^ PWERE 0-X7***w***aNN9eT95999P10 arNO UESA-AN InMARuauanrseotra KortosReonae veharse AvAuUalanau -noenichienentineX. dSeMPS 16 February 1964 "In Moscow, Soviet Foreign Minister GROMYKO read to Ambassador KOHLER a statement deplo”
“IK■ 1 Top Secret (Annex A) 10 February 1964 (continued) A U.S. Department of State press release was issued identifying NOSENKO as KGB officer and acknowledging his request for political asylum in the United States. 99SCmortrs glare**90 Arsimex werreuteratanorserstasete”
“judgments, if correct, rebut presumptive evidence of. NOSENKO’s bona fides. The contradictions in NOSENKO ‘s accounts of his life and KGB service are so extensive as to make his claims as a whole unacceptable. While truth and fact in this case frequently cannot be establishe”
“1- 00000 • • 765. I I. Summary of Conclusions CIA has considered every major aspect of the NOSENKO case for the purpose of reaching a definitive conclusion about the bone fides of this xan who says he is a KGB officer-defector collaborating with American Intelligence. ”
“14-00000 pg © G. Is There Evidence of a Political or Any Of er Type Objective Which Could Justify a Dispatch of NOSENKO by the au3 W.th Permission to Speak Freely to C A . Concerning His Knowledge of the KGB and Without NCSENKO Being Given a Specific Mission or Missions”
“' eTASNE"PZBMT MIStIY-TRY-lI-AMISf-iA-lsare RarE Emlo.Y. 23- March 1964 The two women claiming to be the wife and mother of NOSENKO made the last of five visits to the Embassy in Moscow. NOSENKO .= *-- ynerrvn*-s wife 1-1-1 -1- had explained - - required that she 4- so”
“14-00000 G. Is. There Evidence of a Political or Any Other Type Objective Which Could Justify a Dispatch of NOSENKO by the KGB With Permission to Speak Freely to CIA Concerning His Knowledge of the KGB and Without NOSENKO Being Given a Specific Mission or Missions? H. Is ”
“14-00000 OLV. G* cannot be established with certainty, it is evident that truth and fact are not what NOSENKO relates. By almost any test, virtually any of NOSENKO's above claims are impugned by fact or probability, or contradicted or retracted in his own statements. NO”
“14-00000 7 V: NOSENKO in the absence of any evidence that he had any KGB mission or missions to fulfill comes within the above category, particularly since an overall assessment of his information leads to the conclusion that full exploitation of his information would”
“condemned the Swiss authorities for permitting NOSENKO’s "kidnapping" and for hindering efforts to locate him. TSARAPKIN demanded that immediate steps e taken to return NOSENKO to Soviet custody. 364 TS No. 197124 Top Secret Copy ---- -”
“14-00000 1 Top Secret (FOUNDATIONS OF NOSENKO’S CLAIMS) If the defections of [former KGB officers] PETROV, RASTVOROV and DERYABIN passed without evoking any particular thoughts, the defection to the United States of GOLITSYN, whom I had heard of as an intelligent person”
“incriminating materials in his possession as well as to supply the Soviets with passport photographs s that "escape" documents could be prepared for himself and his family, ^PRECHE^ asked whether the action had any connection with NOSENKO’s recent ly publicized defection, b”
“withhold infor mation on recruitments of Americans in Moscow, or he is unable to provide a comprehensive review of such activities because he did not hold the claimed positions in the U.S. Embassy and American Tourist Sections. Either explanation forces strong reservations ”
“1 4-00000 SECRET e -a a ve r example, he has made it clear that his knowledge of SCD activities against members of delegations, foreign businessmen, foreign students, and individuals in the USSR on the invitation of a Soviet organization or a component of the Soviet Go”
“sourcee € CA-01140, (from various unnamed KGB officers-Aamlvmc lmis : The consensus amongAKGB employees Ceistur-ser.Aswn” is that in the future the KGB will be feeling sharply the effects of NOSENKO’s escape to American Intelligence. NOSENKO is considered to be vastly more i”