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resettled and all the work that had to be done in this connection. I know that there are people, since then, who believe that Nosenko is OK. I gather he's been used in training courses at the Agency'and a lot of things in recent years. I wasn't there and I don't want to talk about second-hand assertions. All I'm trying to do is to say that when I was faced with the decision, I never felt that I was given adequate evidence that the man was either clean or not clean. In other words, it was still muddy on the day that I finally said he must be resettled and must be got out , of the Agency's hands. I Ilathaway: Let me here reassure you that we are not about to try to make that sort of determination either. W e are interested in what Richard H e l m s knew, what was the basis of his actions. But we are in no way involved in trying to decide these types of matters. I've gone through the Nosenko documentation--of which as you suggested there's just tons and tons of material--fairly closely. I think I've got all the players. I think I understand the basic facts. There are a few questions marks that we might as well use this opportunity to clear up. I'm uncertain about the , circumstances which led you to say to Admiral Taylor early in '67, "Would you please look into this so we . .. .. - - - __- - - - - __ __ __ - - - - - - - __ ' __ - - __ I - - - - can make a final determination." There's some indication that Howard Osborn talked to you about his 1.0