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104-10106-10312 JFK Assassination Records Archives 1 (01/01/1963)

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Yurily Ivanovich NOSENKO


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APPROVAL


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.

NOSENKO first contacted Agency per-
sonnel in Switzerland in June 1962
and subsequently defected 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.  From,August.1965 to
Oc ober 1967  NOSENKO was confined
at             Virginia.  In October
190/, he was returned to the Washington
area, given increasing amounts of
freedom until he was given total free-
dom in April 1969.  NOSENKO becamo 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.

(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 April
1964 (Tab 1).  On 3 April 1964, the
Agency General Counsel, Mr. Lawrence
Houston, advised the Director of Security
by 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 White 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 of
Security (Tabs 4   5).

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