| They told bald-faced lies or provided to Western intelligence defectors who told bald-faced lies. |
| Successful collusion often takes a third party to regulate the agreement and punish defectors. |
| Some officials said there is no choice but to accept the defectors, while others insisted they should be treated like ordinary refugees. |
| Equally, some of the stories will have been fabricated to please the intelligence agents handling the defectors. |
| Part of their job was to interrogate defectors and refugees from the Soviet regime on life behind the Iron Curtain. |
| The most senior of all the Soviet defectors to the west, Orlov survived into his old age. |
