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[17]IDENTIFICATION: NOSENKO, Yurily Ivanovich, a Soviet
[18]KGB officer who defected in 1964 and
[19]was subsequently involuntarily con-
[20]fined in the U.S. by the Agency for
[21]a period of approximately three years.
[23]BACKGROUND : NOSENKO first contacted Agency per-
[24]sonnel in Switzerland in June 1962
[25]and subsequently defected in January
[26]1964. NOSENKO was brought to the U.S.
[27]and after a period of relative freedom
[28]he was involuntarily confined in
[29]April 1964. From April 1964 to _
[30]August 1965, he was confined at an
[31]Agency controlled site in; Clinton,
[32]Maryland. From August 1965 to —
[33]October 1967, NOSENKO was confined
[34]at Camp Peary, Virginia. In October
[35]1967, he was returned to the Washington
[36]area, given increasing amounts of ©
[37]freedom until he was given total free-
[38]dom in April 1969. NOSENKO became a
[39]U.S. citizen in April 1974. NOSENKO
[40]‘was employed by the Agency as a
[41]consultant in March 1969 and continues
[42]under contract to date. His present
[43]salary is $23,500 per year.
[45]APPROVAL ot (1) The legal basis to confine NOSENKO
[46]against his will was discussed by
[47]Mr. Richard Helms, DD/P, and others with
[48]the Deputy Attorney General on 2 April
[49]1964 (Tab 1). On 3 April 1964, the
[50]Agency General Counsel, Mr. Lawrence
[51]Houston, advised the Director of Security
[52]by memorandum that such confinement was
[53]proper (Tab 2).
[55](2) There are a series of letters from
[56]the DDCI, DCI and others to various
[57]agencies, including the Department of
[58]Justice and the White House, covering
[59]the period 1964 to 1969, evidencing
[60]awareness of these agencies of the
[61]NOSENKO affair (Tab 3).
[63](3) The conditions of NOSENKO's confine-
[64]ment were established by the Office of
[65]Security (Tabs 4 § 5).
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[69]RESULTS .
[71]TERMINATION
[73]COMMENTS
[75]By memorandum dated 2 October 1968,
[76]the Director of Security forwarded
[77]two reports to the DDCI summarizing
[78]the results of the NOSENKO case to
[79]that date. The reports are voluminous.
[80]One was prepared by the Office of
[81]Security and the other by the FBI.
[82]Both reports. conclude that NOSENKO
[83]was a bona fide defector. A draft
[84]memorandum attached to this. file,
[85]dated 21 October 1968 and prepared
[86]by the CI Staff, raises question
[87]regarding NOSENKO's bona fides
[89]and challenges the above two reports.
[91]NOSENKO continues under contract to
[93]the Agency. He is brought to Washington
[94]periodically to consult on matters
[95]germane to his background and experience.
[96]Various reports are available in the
[97]files of the Office of-Security which
[98]detail financial aspects of this case.
[100]No final accounting has been made since
[101]the project continues.
[103](1) While the Office of Security files
[105]do document the rationale for the original
[106]confinement of NOSENKO, they do not
[107]document the rationale for his continued
[108]confinement over so long a period of time.
[109]A memorandum dated 5 August 1969 states
[110]that various congressional staff officers
[111]were briefed on NOSENKO and states that
[112]concern for his safety, as well as con-
[113]cern regarding his bona fides, prompted
[114]the prolonged confinement. (See Tab 6)
[116](2) Office of Security files document
[117]a period in. 1969 during which a mail
[118]cover was placed on NOSENKO.
[120](3). During the above period, NOSENKO
[122]was allowed a pleasure trip to Florida.
[123]During this trip, Agency personnel, with
[124]apparent Headquarters approval, obtained
[125]the services of prostitutes. This
[126]apparently occurred on at least two
[127]occasions.
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[131]FILES : Office of Security files on NOSENKO
[133]are maintained in the following.
[135]. locations: . -
[137]_ OS/SSD (Contact - Mr. Charles Phalen)
[139]OS/SAG (Contact - Mr. Bruce Solie)