There Are Other Ossenkos
• TAMPA, FLORIDA TRIBUNE m. 150,478 S. 164,063 Front Edif* 0 that, P.g. Pa :,,,:+91 1, 2 1964 Date: FEB 1. There Are Other Ossenkos . Whether or not Yuri Ivanovich er notable examples are Igor Gou- Ossenko. Russian secret police zenko in Canada, 1947; Nikolay! staff officer who has sought Khokhlov, West Germany, Juri! asylum in the U.S., knows secrets Rastvorov, Japan, Peter Deriabin,' of Soviet nuclear weapons produc- Vienna, and Vadimir Petrov, Aus-: tion, as some Western sources spe- tralia, all in 1954; and Bogdon Sta. culate, his defection is a hard blow shinski, West Germany, in 1961. to Red intelligence. „CIA. Director Allen Dulles, in The idea that he may have in- his recent book, "The Craft of In- formation on atomic weapons telligence," noted that the prin- arises from the fact that Ossenko cipal value of such 'defectors was; was serving as security officer for that "one such intelligence 'volun-J the Red delegation at the Geneva teer' can literally paralyze the disarmament parley at the time of service he left behind for months his defection. to come" because of what he knows. and tells of policies, plans, current. Based on the previous pattern 9perations and secret agents. of Russian delegations to confer- That Ossenko's - value: to the ences in other countries, this meant is even greater than simply that Ossenko was a highly trusted his knOwledge of Soviet nuclear. agent detailed to keep close rein capabilities should be comforting' on the actual members of the dele- to all citizens of the U.S.
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