On "false Defectors"
Sat 05 Aug 2017, 4:47 pm
This is from the book Historical Dictionary of International Espionage by Nigel West, the pen-name of Rupert Allason who is apparently widely regarded as the "expert's expert" on the subject.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert_Allason
So according to Allason, the concept didn't even exist until Dec 1961, based on advice from Golitzyn, with that advice dead wrong and only one possible example of a false defector from the Soviet Union ever materializing - and that was in the 1970s.
Is Allason dead wrong? Is he just ignoring any US program? Or were their other ways of describing such a program prior to Golitzyn?
I think Allason answers the question. Yes, they were called "penetration" agents and had a different role to that suggested by Golitzyn.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rupert_Allason
So according to Allason, the concept didn't even exist until Dec 1961, based on advice from Golitzyn, with that advice dead wrong and only one possible example of a false defector from the Soviet Union ever materializing - and that was in the 1970s.
Is Allason dead wrong? Is he just ignoring any US program? Or were their other ways of describing such a program prior to Golitzyn?
I think Allason answers the question. Yes, they were called "penetration" agents and had a different role to that suggested by Golitzyn.
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Re: On "false Defectors"
Sat 05 Aug 2017, 4:58 pm
Oleg Kalugin
Was accepted in the West as a genuine defector
Gained a job in a sensitive field
Eventually redefected
Lee Harvey Oswald
Was accepted by the Soviets as genuine
Gained a job in a sensitive area (the factory had a highly secretive experimental section)
Married
Redefected
Was accepted in the West as a genuine defector
Gained a job in a sensitive field
Eventually redefected
Lee Harvey Oswald
Was accepted by the Soviets as genuine
Gained a job in a sensitive area (the factory had a highly secretive experimental section)
Married
Redefected
_________________
Australians don't mind criminals: It's successful bullshit artists we despise.
Lachie Hulme
-----------------------------
The Cold War ran on bullshit.
Me
"So what’s an independent-minded populist like me to do? I’ve had to grovel in promoting myself on social media, even begging for Amazon reviews and Goodreads ratings, to no avail." Don Jeffries
"I've been aware of Greg Parker's work for years, and strongly recommend it." Peter Dale Scott
https://gregrparker.com
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