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[3]Yurily Ivanovich NOSENKO
[5]IDENTIFICATION: NOSENKO, Yurily Ivanovich, a Soviet
[6]: KGB officer who defected in 1964 and
[7]was subsequently involuntarily con-
[8]fined in the U.S. by the Agency for
[9]a period of approximately three years.
[11]BACKGROUND : NOSENKO first contacted Agency. per-
[12]= 7 sonnel in Switzerland in June 1962
[13]and subsequently defected in January
[14]1964. NOSENKO was brought to the U.S.
[15]and after a period of relative freedom
[16]he was involuntarily confined in
[17]April 1964. From April 1964 to
[18]August 1965, he was confined at an
[19]Agency controlled site in Clinton,
[20]Maryland. From,August, 1965 to
[21]October 1967, NOSENKO was confined
[22]at Camp Peary, Virginia. In October
[23]oe 1967, he was returned to the Washington
[24]7 area, given increasing amounts of
[25]freedom until he was given totai free-
[26]dom in April 1969. NOSENKO became 2
[27]U.S. citizen in April 1974. NOSENKO
[28]was employed by the Agency as a
[29]consultant in March 1969 and continues
[30]under contract to date. His present
[31]salary is $23,500 per year.
[33]APPROVAL : (1) .The legal basis to confine NOSENKO
[34]against his will was discussed by
[36]Mr. Richard Helms, DD/P, and others with
[37]the Deputy Attorney General on 2 April
[38]1964 (Tab 1). On 3 April 1964, the
[39]Agency General Counsel, Mr. Lawrence
[40]Houston, advised the Director of Security
[41]by memorandum that such confinement was
[42]proper (Tab 2).
[44](2) There are a series of letters from
[45]the DDCI, DCI and others to various
[46]agencies, including the Department of
[47]Justice and the White House, covering
[48]the period 1964 to 1969, evidencing
[49]awareness of these agencies of the
[50]NOSENKO affair (Tab 3).
[52](3) The conditions of NOSENKO's confine-
[53]ment were established by the Office of
[54]Security (Tabs 4 § 5).
[56]eons]
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[62]_ RESULTS
[64]TERMINATION
[66]COMMENTS
[68]“SEGRE
[70]By memorandum dated 2 October 1968,
[71]the Director of Security forwarded
[72]two reports to the DDCI summarizing
[73]the results of the NOSENKO case to
[75]_that date. The reports are voluminous,
[76]' One was prepared by. the Office of
[78]Security and the other by the FBI.
[79]Both reports conclude that NOSENKO
[80]was a bona fide defector. A draft
[81]memorandum attached.to this file,
[82]dated 21 October 1968 and prepared
[83]by the CI Staff, raises question
[84]regarding NOSENKO's bona fides
[86]and challenges the above two reports.
[88]NOSENKO continues under contract to
[90]the Agency. He is brought to Washington
[91]periodically to consult on matters.
[92]germane to his background and experience.
[93]Various reports are available in the
[94]files of the Office of Security which
[95]detail financial aspects of this case.
[96]No final accounting has been made since
[97]tne project continues.
[99](1) While the Office of Security files
[101]do document the rationale for the original
[102]confinement of NOSENKO, they do not
[103]document the rationale for his continued
[104]confinement over so long a period of time.
[105]A memorandum dated 5 August 1969 states
[106]that various congressional staff officers
[107]were briefed on NOSENKO and states that
[108]concern for his safety, as well as con-
[109]cern regarding his bona fides, prompted
[110]the prolonged confinement. (See Tad 6)
[112](2) Office of Security files document
[114]‘a period in 1969 during which a mail
[116]cover was placed on NOSENKO.
[118](3) During the above period, NOSENKO
[120]was allowed a pleasure trip to Florida.
[121]During this trip, Agency personnel, with
[122]apparent Headquarters approval, obtained
[123]the services of prostitutes. This
[124]apparently occurred on at least two
[125]occasions.
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[131]FILES
[133]ea a)
[135]Office of - ‘Security files on NOSENKO
[136]are maintained in the following
[137]locations:
[139]OS/SSD (Contact ~- Mr. Charles Phalen)
[140]OS/SAG (Contact - Mr. Bruce Solie)
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