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SUBJECT:    Yuriy Ivanovich Nosenko

Yuriy Ivanovich Nosenko, an officer of the KGB,
defected to a representative of this Agency in Geneva,
Switzerland, on 4 February 1964. The responsibility for
his exploitation was assigned to the then SR Division of
the Clandestine Service and he was brought to this country
on 12 February 1964. After initial interrogation by
representatives of the SR Division, he was moved to a safe-
house in Ulrich, Maryland, from 4 April 1964 where he
was confined and interrogated until 13 August 1965 when
he was moved to a specially constructed "jail" in a remote
wooded area at [REDACTED]. The SR Division was convinced
that he was a dispatched agent but even after a long
period of hostile interrogation was unable to prove their
contention and he was confined at [REDACTED] in an effort
to convince him to "confess."

This Office together with the Office of General
Counsel became increasingly concerned with the illegality
of the Agency's position in handling a defector under
these conditions for such a long period of time. Strong
representations were made to the Director (Mr. Helms) by
this Office, the Office of General Counsel, and the
Legislative Liaison Counsel, and on 27 October 1967, the
responsibility for Nosenko's further handling was transferred
to the Office of Security under the direction of the Deputy
Director of Central Intelligence, then Admiral Rufus Taylor.

Nosenko was moved to a comfortable safehouse in
the Washington area and was interviewed under friendly,
sympathetic conditions by his Security Case Officer, Mr.
Bruce Solie, for more than a year. It soon became
apparent that Nosenko was bona fide and he was moved to
more comfortable surroundings with considerable freedom
of independent movement and has continued to cooperate
fully with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and this
Office since that time. He has proven to be the most

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