A file of documents relating to the defection of the Soviet Lieutenant Colonel Jason Davidovich Tasoev from Bremen, and his return to Berlin during the early stages of the Cold War. Subjects discussed in the file include the details of the colonel’s defection during a meeting with another defector, Colonel Tokaev, in Bremen; arrangements for the accommodation of Tosaev; a report summarising his former life and career; a list of questions to be put to him during interrogation; Tosaev’s decision to leave the West and return to the Soviet Union; arrangements for his repatriation, including announcements to the press; and questions asked in the British House of Commons about the defection case.
- Collection ID
- FO1093
- Conflict
- Cold War
- Countries
- England Germany Great Britain Malaya Portugal Russia Scotland Soviet Union Ukraine United Kingdom United States of America
- Document Reference
- FO 1093/550/2
- Document Types
- Memorandum Other Correspondence
- File Reference
- FO 1093/550
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.fo1093.0550.002
- Keywords
- Defectors British Intelligence Organisation Public Statements Propaganda Soviet Society Red Army Politics Anglo-soviet Relations Intelligence Requirements Interrogation Recruitment Of Agents Underground Resistance Press Reports Accommodation Soviet Renegades Refugees
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Foreign Office Information Research Department Secret Intelligence Service Security Service Permanent Under-Secretary's Department
- Pages
- 133
- Persons Discussed
- Patrick Dean William Hayter Stewart Menzies Bernard Montgomery Douglas Packard Edward Parry Lawrence Pendred Orme Sargent Percy Sillitoe Josef Stalin William Strang Kenneth Strong
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Intelligence Organization International Relations
