Cold War
Nosenko claimed that he could provide important negative information about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, affirming that he had personally handled a review of the case of Lee Harvey Oswald, who had lived in the.
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Yuri Nosenko Biography and Timeline
Follow Yuri Nosenko through 9 dated historical records for Russia.
Yuri Nosenko, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1963
Cold War
Soviet Union prior to the Kennedy assassination, the issue was critical because KGB involvement with Oswald might suggest Soviet involvement in the Kennedy assassination a prospect that could have propelled the Cold War into a nuclear war.
KGB (Committee for State Security)
Kennedy, affirming that he had personally handled a review of the case of Lee Harvey Oswald, who had lived in the Soviet Union prior to the Kennedy assassination, the issue was critical because KGB involvement with Oswald might suggest Soviet involvement in the Kennedy assassination a prospect that could have
KGB (Committee for State Security)
Nosenko also stated that the KGB had never questioned Oswald about information he might have gained as a U.S. Marine, including work as an aviation electronics operator at Naval Air Facility Atsugi in Japan.
KGB (Committee for State Security)
Nosenko claimed that he could provide important negative information about the assassination of President John F.
KGB (Committee for State Security)
Nosenko insisted that after interviewing Oswald it was decided that he was not intelligent enough and also "too mentally unstable," a "nut," and therefore unsuitable for intelligence work.
KGB (Committee for State Security)
propelled the Cold War into a nuclear war
1969
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
Nosenko is detained during contested CIA assessments of his defector claims.
KGB (Committee for State Security)
Nosenko is formally acknowledged to be a genuine defector, and released, with financial compensation from the CIA
Records, sources and methodology
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