2. POLICY REGARDING THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF DEFECTORS THE COMMITTEE considered the policy which should be adopted regarding the encouragement of defectors. In the course of discussion it was agreed that, unless a particular individual offered outstanding opportunities for the provision of intelligence information, it was undesirable to encourage defectors because :(i) many potential defectors had little of intelligence value to contribute (ii) of the difficulties of subsequent disposal (iii) of the potential danger to security if they did not continue to prove amenable after dejection (iv) it was usually preferable to make use of them as leads for securing further intelligence.
- Collection ID
- CAB159
- Conflict
- Cold War
- Countries
- Austria Germany Pakistan
- Document Reference
- CAB 159/3/55
- Document Types
- Summary
- File Reference
- CAB 159/3
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.cab159.0003.055
- Keywords
- Predicting Enemy Intentions Intelligence Gathering Defectors Eastern Bloc British Intelligence Archives Photographic Reconnaissance
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Foreign Office Joint Intelligence Bureau Joint Intelligence Committee (Germany) Ministry of Defence Secret Intelligence Service Security Service Joint Air Photographic Intelligence Board Joint Intelligence Sub-Committee
- Pages
- 5
- Persons Discussed
- Valentine Boucher Paul Gleadell William Hayter Guy Liddell Stewart Menzies Percy Sillitoe
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Military Intelligence Surveillance
