A file of reports and memoranda discussing the treatment of defectors during the Cold War. Subjects discussed in this file include arrangements for the reception of defectors at Canadian embassies in Europe; reports of approaches by would-be Soviet renegades, and instructions for their handling; and a detailed report on defections from the Soviet Union from the 1920s to 1948, giving the reasons of those involved for defecting, the effects on them of Soviet propaganda, their methods of defecting and reception by British authorities, the reactions of the Soviets, and the danger posed by false defectors.
- Collection ID
- FO1093
- Conflict
- Cold War
- Countries
- Austria Belgium Bulgaria Canada China Czechoslovakia Egypt England France Germany Great Britain Greece Holland Hungary Italy Japan Latvia Luxembourg Malta Mexico Morocco Netherlands Palestine Persia Poland Romania Russia Soviet Union Spain Switzerland Syria Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom United States of America
- Document Reference
- FO 1093/551/2
- Document Types
- Memorandum Directive Report
- File Reference
- FO 1093/551
- Identifier
- 10.1080/swwf.fo1093.0551.002
- Keywords
- Diplomatic Missions Defectors Soviet Renegades Recruitment Of Agents Information Sharing Intelligence Reports Ideology Propaganda Intelligence Gathering Soviet Intelligence Services
- Languages
- English
- Organizations
- Chiefs of Staff Foreign Office Geheime Staatspolizei Secret Intelligence Service Security Service United Nations Permanent Under-Secretary's Department
- Pages
- 67
- Persons Discussed
- Igor Gouzenko William Hayter Orme Sargent Josef Stalin Dick White
- Published in
- United Kingdom
- Themes
- Intelligence Organization
