Defector | Profession/Prominence | Country of origin | Year of defection | Country of defection |
Erwin Borchers | French Foreign Legion | Germany/France | 1945 | Viet Minh[1] |
Ernst Frey | French Foreign Legion | Austria/France | 1945 | Viet Minh[2] |
Siegfried Wenzel | French Foreign Legion | Germany/France | 1945 | Viet Minh[3] |
Kostas Sarantidis | French Foreign Legion | Greece/France | 1946 | Viet Minh[4] |
Stefan Kubiak | French Foreign Legion | Poland/France | 1946 | Viet Minh[5] |
Park Si-hyeong | Historian | South Korea (U.S. Occupation Zone) | 1946 | North Korea (Soviet Occupation Zone)[6] |
Karl-Eduard von Schnitzler | BBC journalist | West Germany (British Occupation Zone) | 1947 | East Germany (Soviet Occupation Zone)[7] |
Emil Selhofer | French Foreign Legion | Switzerland/France | 1947 | Viet Minh[8] |
George Shaw Wheeler | Foreign Economic Administration economist | United States | 1947 | Czechoslovakia |
Annabelle Bucar | United States State Department | United States | 1948 | Soviet Union[9] |
Hong Myong-hui | Writer | South Korea | 1948 | North Korea[10] |
Kang Tae-mu | Republic of Korea Army | South Korea | 1948 | North Korea[11] |
Kim Sun-nam | Composer | South Korea | 1948 | North Korea[12] |
George Koval | Atomic spy | United States | 1948 | Soviet Union |
James McMillin | United States Army cryptographer | United States | 1948 | Soviet Union |
Pyo Mu-won | Republic of Korea Army | South Korea | 1948 | North Korea[11] |
Albert Clavier | French Army | France | 1949 | Viet Minh |
Robert Dagleish | Foreign Office | United Kingdom | 1949 | Soviet Union[13] |
Gerhart Eisler | Journalist | United States | 1949 | East Germany |
Noel Field | United States State Department | United States | 1949 | Czechoslovakia |
Archibald Johnstone | Journalist | United Kingdom | 1949 | Soviet Union[13] |
James Stuart | British Army | United Kingdom | 1949 | East Germany[14] |
Miroslav Surý | French Foreign Legion | Czechoslovakia/France | 1949 | Viet Minh[15] |
František Vaňhara | French Foreign Legion | Czechoslovakia/France | 1949 | Viet Minh[15] |
David Young | Royal Navy | United Kingdom | 1949 | China[16] |
Leopold Infeld | University of Toronto physicist | Canada | 1950 | Poland |
Ian Milner | United Nations diplomat | Australia | 1950 | Czechoslovakia[17] |
Ján Poláček | French Foreign Legion | Czechoslovakia/France | 1950 | Viet Minh[15] |
Bruno Pontecorvo | Atomic physicist | Italy/United Kingdom | 1950 | Soviet Union (via Finland) |
John Peet | Reuters correspondent | United Kingdom | 1950 | East Germany |
Nâzım Hikmet Ran | Poet | Turkey | 1950 | Soviet Union |
Ri Sung-gi | Seoul National University chemistry professor | South Korea | 1950 | North Korea |
Arna Rides | British Council medical adviser | United Kingdom | 1950 | Czechoslovakia[18] |
Josef Zvoník | French Foreign Legion | Czechoslovakia/France | 1950 | Viet Minh[15] |
Guy Burgess | Foreign Office/MI5 | United Kingdom | 1951 | Soviet Union |
Donald Maclean | Foreign Office | United Kingdom | 1951 | Soviet Union |
Alfred Sarant | Military engineer/Atomic spy | United States | 1951 | Poland, then the Soviet Union |
Joel Barr | Military engineer/Atomic spy | United States | 1951 | Czechoslovakia, then the Soviet Union |
Margaret Schlauch | New York University English professor | United States | 1951 | Poland[19] |
Weng Wenhao | Geologist and Kuomintang politician | Taiwan | 1951 | China[20] |
Heiner Braun | Track athlete (5000 metres) | West Germany | 1952 | East Germany[21] |
Stefan Heym | United States Army/Writer | United States | 1952 | Czechoslovakia, then East Germany |
Günther Gereke | Christian Democratic Union politician | West Germany | 1952 | East Germany[22] |
Victor Grossman | United States Army | United States | 1952 | East Germany[23] |
Kug Yong-am | Republic of Korea Army | South Korea | 1952 | North Korea[24] |
Charles Lucas | United States Army | United States | 1952 | East Germany[25][26] |
Aubrey E. Miles | United States Army | United States | 1952 | East Germany[27] |
Wolfgang Gans zu Putlitz | MI5 | United Kingdom | 1952 | East Germany[28] |
Miloud Salhi | French Army | France | 1952 | Viet Minh[29] |
Clarence Adams | United States Army | United States | 1953 | China[30] |
Howard Gayle Adams | United States Army | United States | 1953 | China[30] |
Albert Constant Belhomme | United States Army | United States | 1953 | China[30] |
Otto Grayson Bell | United States Army | United States | 1953 | China[30] |
Arthur Boyd | United States Army | United States | 1953 | East Germany[31] |
Andrew Condron | Royal Marines | United Kingdom | 1953 | China[32] |
Richard G. Corden | United States Army | United States | 1953 | China[30] |
William Cowart | United States Army | United States | 1953 | China[30] |
W. Glancy | British Army | United Kingdom | 1953 | East Germany[33] |
Rufus Douglas | United States Army | United States | 1953 | China[30] |
John Roedel Dunn | United States Army | United States | 1953 | China[30] |
Andrew Fortuna | United States Army | United States | 1953 | China[30] |
Hans Joachim Geyer | Gehlen Organization | West Germany | 1953 | East Germany[34] |
Lewis Griggs | United States Army | United States | 1953 | China[30] |
Samuel David Hawkins | United States Army | United States | 1953 | China |
Wolfgang Höher | Gehlen Organization | West Germany | 1953 | East Germany[35] |
R. Irvine | British Army | United Kingdom | 1953 | East Germany[33] |
Kim Sung-bai | Republic of Korea Air Force | South Korea | 1953 | North Korea[36] |
S. Lewes | British Army | United Kingdom | 1953 | East Germany[33] |
Norman M. Lowell | United States Army | United States | 1953 | East Germany[37] |
R. W. Luwman | Royal Netherlands Army | Netherlands | 1953 | East Germany[38] |
Clifford F. Murphy | United States Army | United States | 1953 | East Germany[39] |
Arlie Pate | United States Army | United States | 1953 | China[30] |
Scott Rush | United States Army | United States | 1953 | China[30] |
Lowell Skinner | United States Army | United States | 1953 | China[30] |
Larance Sullivan | United States Army | United States | 1953 | China[30] |
Richard Tenneson | United States Army | United States | 1953 | China[30] |
James Veneris | United States Army | United States | 1953 | China[30] |
Harold Webb | United States Army | United States | 1953 | China[30] |
R. Wanroy | Royal Netherlands Army | Netherlands | 1953 | East Germany[38] |
William White | United States Army | United States | 1953 | China[30] |
Morris Wills | United States Army | United States | 1953 | China[30] |
Aaron Wilson | United States Army | United States | 1953 | China[30] |
Stanislaw Zdanowski | United States Army | United States | 1953 | Poland[40] |
William Donal Adkins | United States Army | United States | 1954 | Soviet Union[41] |
Choi Man-chong | Republic of Korea Air Force | South Korea | 1954 | North Korea[42] |
Joseph Cort | Doctor of Medicine and University of Birmingham physiology lecturer | United States | 1954 | Czechoslovakia[43] |
James Davis | United States Army | United States | 1954 | Czechoslovakia[44] |
Bruno Folta | Radio announcer | West Germany | 1954 | Czechoslovakia[45] |
Raymond H. Hutto | United States Army | United States | 1954 | East Germany[46] |
Otto John | Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz | West Germany | 1954 | East Germany |
Karl Franz Schmidt-Wittmack | Bundestag deputy and Christian Democratic Union politician | West Germany | 1954 | East Germany[47] |
Richard Squires | British Army | United Kingdom | 1954 | Soviet Union[48] |
William Turner | United States Army | United States | 1954 | Soviet Union[49] |
Ralph Bernard Frederick Cross | Canadian Army | Canada | 1955 | East Germany[50] |
James W. Pulley | United States Army | United States | 1955 | East Germany[46] |
Manfred von Brauchitsch | Racing driver | West Germany | 1955 | East Germany |
Ho Wei-Chin | Republic of China Air Force | Taiwan | 1955 | China[51] |
B. F. Holland | United States Army | United States | 1955 | East Germany[52] |
Horst Spanier | United States Army | United States | 1955 | East Germany[53] |
Wei Li-Huang | Republic of China Army | Taiwan | 1955 | China[54] |
Hung Chin-Shan | Republic of China Military Police | Taiwan | 1955 | China[55] |
Henri Maillot | French Army | France | 1956 | Algerian National Liberation Front |
Wolf-Dieter Loebl | Bundeswehr | West Germany | 1956 | East Germany[56] |
Orest Stephen Makar | Photogrammetrist and Saint Louis University engineering associate professor | United States | 1956 | Soviet Union[57] |
Anthony Wraight | Royal Air Force | United Kingdom | 1956 | Soviet Union[58] |
Augustin Cabrera Oroza | Spanish Navy | Spain | 1957 | Mexico[59] |
Manuel Fernandez Rodriguez | Spanish Navy | Spain | 1957 | Mexico[59] |
Ginas Jiminez Nortes | Spanish Navy | Spain | 1957 | Mexico[59] |
Enrique Medina Fernandez | Spanish Navy | Spain | 1957 | Mexico[59] |
Jürgen Mickeleit | Bundeswehr | West Germany | 1957 | East Germany[60] |
Victor Rodriguez | Spanish Navy | Spain | 1957 | Mexico[59] |
Alfred Kaufman Stern | Philanthropist | United States | 1957 | Czechoslovakia |
Martha Dodd Stern | Philanthropist | United States | 1957 | Czechoslovakia |
Ernie Fletcher | United States Army | United States | 1959 | East Germany[61] |
Klaus Fuchs | Atomic spy | United Kingdom | 1959 | Exchanged to East Germany |
Ho Ye-Chen | Republic of China Army | Taiwan | 1959 | China[62] |
Arnold Kephart | United States Army | United States | 1959 | East Germany[63] |
Billy Mullis | United States Army | United States | 1959 | East Germany[64] |
Lee Harvey Oswald | United States Marine Corps | United States | 1959 | Soviet Union via Finland, rejected from Cuba |
Libero Ricciardelli | United States Air Force | United States | 1959 | Soviet Union[65] |
Franz Julius Schröder | Christian Democratic Union aide | West Germany | 1959 | East Germany[66] |
Arthur Wegner | University of Münster law professor | West Germany | 1959 | East Germany[67] |
John B. Witt | United States Army | United States | 1959 | Czechoslovakia[68] |
Franz Böttger | Bundeswehr | West Germany | 1960 | East Germany[69] |
Guy Bouchard | Canadian Army | Canada | 1960 | East Germany[70] |
Horst Braun | Bundesluftwaffe | West Germany | 1960 | East Germany[69] |
Bruce Davis | United States Army | United States | 1960 | Soviet Union[49] |
Joseph Dutkanicz | United States Army Military Intelligence | United States | 1960 | Soviet Union |
Richard Gromek | Bundeswehr | West Germany | 1960 | East Germany[71] |
Gilbert Paul Jenkerson | British Army | United Kingdom | 1960 | East Germany[72] |
Bernon F. Mitchell | National Security Agency | United States | 1960 | Soviet Union[73] |
William H. Martin | National Security Agency | United States | 1960 | Soviet Union[73] |
Peter Petrich | Bundeswehr | West Germany | 1960 | East Germany[71] |
Serafin Sanchez | United States Air Force | United States | 1960 | Cuba[74] |
Paul Schlüter | Social Democratic Party of Germany politician | West Germany | 1960 | East Germany[75] |
Vladimir Sloboda | United States Army Military Intelligence | United States | 1960 | Soviet Union[76] |
John Strobl | Canadian Army | Canada | 1960 | East Germany[77] |
Horst Tuschla | Bundeswehr | West Germany | 1960 | East Germany[69] |
Otto Weissenberger | Cartographer | West Germany | 1960 | East Germany[78] |
Walter Barth | Bundeswehr | West Germany | 1961 | East Germany[79] |
Walter Hagemann | Christian Democratic Union politician and University of Münster journalism professor | West Germany | 1961 | East Germany[80] |
K. H. Falk | Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz | West Germany | 1961 | East Germany[81] |
Fernando Ganhao | Portuguese Army | Portugal | 1961 | Mozambique Liberation Front[82] |
Ollie Harrington | Cartoonist | United States | 1961 | East Germany |
Junge family | University of Washington scientists | United States | 1961 | Czechoslovakia[83] |
Winfried Krychowski | Bundeswehr | West Germany | 1961 | East Germany[79] |
Mohamed Lamari | French Army | France | 1961 | Algerian National Liberation Front |
Wolfgang Objeglo | Bundeswehr | West Germany | 1961 | East Germany[79] |
Mário Moutinho de Pádua | Portuguese Army | Portugal | 1961 | Congo-Léopoldville[84] |
Larry Allen Abshier | United States Army | United States | 1962 | North Korea |
Wilfried Alsguth | Bundeswehr | West Germany | 1962 | East Germany[85] |
Herbert Böhmer | Bundeswehr | West Germany | 1962 | East Germany[85] |
Heinz-Dieter Brehning | Bundeswehr | West Germany | 1962 | East Germany[85] |
James Joseph Dresnok | United States Army | United States | 1962 | North Korea |
Günther Fischer | Bundeswehr | West Germany | 1962 | East Germany[85] |
Heinrich Frank | Bundeswehr | West Germany | 1962 | East Germany[85] |
R. S. Hareld | United States Army | United States | 1962 | Czechoslovakia[86] |
Guntram Hoffmann | Bundeswehr | West Germany | 1962 | East Germany[85] |
Rudolf Abel | Atomic spy | United States | 1962 | Exchanged to the Soviet Union |
Bobby Joe Keesee | United States Army | United States | 1962 | Cuba[87] |
Henry Kiernan | United States Army | United States | 1962 | East Germany[88] |
Albert Kostede | Bundeswehr | West Germany | 1962 | East Germany[85] |
Richard Lang | Bundeswehr | West Germany | 1962 | East Germany[85] |
David Michael | Engineer | United States | 1962 | Cuba[89] |
Erwin Miran | Bundeswehr | West Germany | 1962 | East Germany[85] |
Nguyen Van Cu | Republic of Vietnam Air Force | South Vietnam | 1962 | Cambodia[90] |
Klaus Reichardt | Bundesluftwaffe | West Germany | 1962 | East Germany[85] |
Willi Salzmann | Bundeswehr | West Germany | 1962 | East Germany[85] |
Peter-Joseph Schödder | Bundeswehr | West Germany | 1962 | East Germany[85] |
Manfred Schüssler | Bundeswehr | West Germany | 1962 | East Germany[85] |
Horst Pilger | Bundeswehr | West Germany | 1962 | East Germany[85] |
Peter Pitzen | Bundeswehr | West Germany | 1962 | East Germany[85] |
Bodo Ratzinger | Bundeswehr | West Germany | 1962 | East Germany[85] |
Dieter Schmutzler | Bundeswehr | West Germany | 1962 | East Germany[85] |
Otto Schwarz | Bundeswehr | West Germany | 1962 | East Germany[85] |
Ronald Stanley | British Army | United Kingdom | 1962 | East Germany[91] |
Jürgen Steinigtweg | Bundesmarine Marineflieger | West Germany | 1962 | East Germany[85] |
Robert Stuckhaus | Bundeswehr | West Germany | 1962 | East Germany[85] |
Wolfgang Vogt | Bundesluftwaffe | West Germany | 1962 | East Germany[85] |
Berthold Wizien | Bundeswehr | West Germany | 1962 | East Germany[85] |
Thomas Badey | United States Army | United States | 1963 | East Germany[92] |
Frank Barton | United States Army | United States | 1963 | East Germany[93] |
Richard Bourret | Physicist | United States | 1963 | Cuba[94] |
Benjamin Cain | United States Army | United States | 1963 | East Germany[95] |
Klaus Chepelier | Bundeswehr | West Germany | 1963 | East Germany[96] |
Victor Norris Hamilton | National Security Agency | United States | 1963 | Soviet Union |
Reymond Herzet | Belgian Army | Belgium | 1963 | East Germany[97] |
Gary Martzke | United States Army | United States | 1963 | East Germany[98] |
Roberto "Robert" Ramos Michelena | United States Air Force | United States | 1963 | Cuba[99] |
James Carl Moore | United States Army | United States | 1963 | East Germany[100] |
Heinrich James Newton | United States Army | United States | 1963 | East Germany[101] |
Jerry Wayne Parrish | United States Army | United States | 1963 | North Korea |
Brian Patchett | British Army | United Kingdom | 1963 | East Germany[102] |
Christopher John Pengate | British Army | United Kingdom | 1963 | East Germany[103] |
Kim Philby | MI6 | United Kingdom | 1963 | Soviet Union |
Alfred Svenson | United States Army | United States | 1963 | East Germany[104] |
Willard E. Valentini | United States Army | United States | 1963 | East Germany[105] |
Jacinto Veloso | Portuguese Air Force | Portugal | 1963 | Mozambique Liberation Front[106] |
Chan Chueh | Olympic Games official | Taiwan | 1964 | China[107] |
Cheng Yi-Ming | Intelligence Bureau | Taiwan | 1964 | China[108] |
Li Fung-ryong | Republic of Korea Army | South Korea | 1964 | North Korea[109] |
Theo van Eijck | Marine-Luchtvaartdienst | Netherlands | 1964 | Libya[110] |
Anatoly P. Kotloby | Rocket scientist | United States | 1964 | Soviet Union[111] |
Ma Ching-Shan | Olympic sharpshooter | Taiwan | 1964 | China[112] |
Claude Swain | United States Army | United States | 1964 | East Germany[113] |
Zhao Zongli | Republic of China Navy | Taiwan | 1964 | China[114] |
Bui Van Trach | Republic of Vietnam Air Force | South Vietnam | 1965 | Cambodia[115] |
Chan Chen-Chin | Republic of China Army | Taiwan | 1965 | China[116] |
Chen Li | Intelligence Bureau | Taiwan | 1965 | China[117] |
Alfred Frenzel | Social Democratic Party of Germany politician | West Germany | 1965 | Exchanged to Czechoslovakia |
Hua Tsu-Hsin | Diplomat | Taiwan | 1965 | China[118] |
Charles Robert Jenkins | United States Army | United States | 1965 | North Korea |
Glen Roy Rohrer | United States Army Military Intelligence | United States | 1965 | Czechoslovakia |
Ana Maria Silva Pais | Daughter of PIDE Director Fernando Silva | Portugal | 1965 | Cuba[119] |
Li Zongren | Former Kuomintang politician, vice president, and acting president of China | United States | 1965 | China[120] |
Nguyen Chi Canh | Huế police chief | South Vietnam | 1965 | North Vietnam[121] |
Stephen Biggs | British Army | United Kingdom | 1965 | East Germany[122] |
Harold M. Koch | Roman Catholic priest | United States | 1966 | Soviet Union[123] |
John Discoe Smith | United States State Department | United States | 1966 | Soviet Union[124][125] |
Nguyen Duch Hien | Republic of Vietnam Air Force | South Vietnam | 1966 | Cambodia[126] |
Craig Anderson | United States Navy | United States | 1967 | Sweden[127] |
Richard Bailey | United States Navy | United States | 1967 | Sweden[127] via Japan[128] |
John Barilla | United States Navy | United States | 1967 | Sweden[127] |
George Blake | MI6 | United Kingdom | 1967 | Soviet Union |
Lorenzo Brown | United States military | United States | c. 1967 | Sweden |
Costa Calfelis | Journalist | Greece | 1967 | Switzerland[129] |
Des Carragher | United States military | United States | c. 1967 | Sweden |
Jerry Condon | United States military | United States | c. 1967 | Sweden |
Jerry Dass | Green Beret SFOD B, S-5 | United States | c. 1967 | Sweden[130][131] |
Jimmy Dotson | United States military | United States | c. 1967 | Sweden |
John Forler | United States military | United States | c. 1967 | Sweden |
Kenneth C. Griggs | United States Army | United States | 1967 | Cuba[132] |
Bob Janson | United States military | United States | c. 1967 | Sweden |
Roy Ray Jones | United States Army | United States | 1967 | Sweden[133] |
Walter Harshall | United States military | United States | c. 1967 | Sweden |
Tom Hayes | United States military | United States | c. 1967 | Sweden, later managed Clergy & Layman Concerned |
Roger Hinchliffe | United States military | United States | c. 1967 | Sweden |
Dick Kilmer | United States military | United States | c. 1967 | Sweden |
Steve Kinneman | United States Army | United States | 1967 | Sweden[134] via Thailand, and Laos[128] |
Michael Lindner | United States Navy | United States | 1967 | Sweden[127] |
William Males | United States Army | United States | c. 1967 | Sweden[128] |
McKinley Nolan | United States Army | United States | 1967 | North Vietnam[135] |
Henry Nordby | United States military | United States | c. 1967 | Sweden |
Rich Pauley | United States military | United States | c. 1967 | Sweden |
Richard Harwood Pearce | United States Army | United States | 1967 | Cuba[136] |
Irving Rubin | United States Army | United States | c. 1967 | Sweden[128] |
Arnold Schölzel | Bundeswehr | West Germany | 1967 | East Germany |
David Smith | United States Army | United States | 1967 | Sweden[128] |
Joe Stewart | United States military | United States | c. 1967 | Sweden |
Tseng Chao-Ping | Republic of China Air Force | Taiwan | 1967 | China[137] |
Herbert Washington | United States Army | United States | c. 1967 | Sweden[128] |
Ted Weisberg | United States military | United States | c. 1967 | Sweden |
Terry Whitmore | United States military | United States | c. 1967 | Sweden |
Robert Argento | United States Army | United States | 1968 | Sweden[138] |
Edwin Arnett | United States Army | United States | 1968 | Sweden[139] |
John Ashley | United States Army | United States | 1968 | Sweden[138] |
Samuel Brown | United States Army | United States | 1968 | Sweden[140] |
Gerald Burger | United States Army | United States | 1968 | Sweden[140] |
Robert Burroughs | United States Army | United States | 1968 | Sweden[138] |
Robert Carroll | United States Army | United States | 1968 | Sweden[140] |
Kenneth Cooper | United States Army | United States | 1968 | Sweden[140] |
Erwin Foster | United States Army | United States | 1968 | Sweden[138] |
David Haire | United States Army | United States | 1968 | Sweden[141] |
Rodney Huth | United States Marine Corps | United States | 1968 | Sweden[140] |
Edward Johnson | United States Army | United States | 1968 | Sweden[141] |
William Jones | United States Army | United States | 1968 | Sweden[138] |
Bruce Mayor | Draft evader | United States | 1968 | Sweden[128] |
Richard Lee McKinney | United States Marine Corps | United States | 1968 | Sweden[142] |
Peter Moebius | Physicist | West Germany | 1968 | East Germany[143] |
Justin Olson | United States Army | United States | 1968 | Sweden[138] |
Herbert Patzelt | European Atomic Energy Community aide | West Germany | 1968 | East Germany[143] |
William Percell | United States Army | United States | 1968 | Sweden[141] |
Ehrenfried Petras | Microbiologist | West Germany | 1968 | East Germany[144] |
Bruce Proctor | Former Defense Intelligence Agency analyst | United States | 1968 | Sweden[145] |
Richard Lee Propp | United States Army | United States | 1968 | Sweden[138] |
David Roman | United States Army | United States | 1968 | Sweden[140] |
Raymond Sansiviero | United States Marine Corps | United States | 1968 | Sweden[146] |
Parker Smith | United States Army | United States | 1968 | Sweden[138] |
Vincent Strollo | United States Army | United States | 1968 | Sweden[140] |
Richard Tannimura | United States Army | United States | 1968 | Sweden[140] |
Gregory Vitarelle | United States Army | United States | 1968 | Sweden[140] |
Mark Warrell | United States Army | United States | 1968 | Sweden[140] |
Eugene Westbrooks | United States Army | United States | 1968 | Sweden[140] |
J. W. Wright | United States Air Force | United States | 1968 | Soviet Union[147] |
William Lee Brent | Black Panther Party activist | United States | 1969 | Cuba |
Irvin Leon Butler | United States Navy | United States | 1969 | Sweden[148] |
Lona Cohen | Atomic spy | United States | 1969 | Exchanged to the Soviet Union |
Morris Cohen | Atomic spy | United States | 1969 | Exchanged to the Soviet Union |
Jerry Bhagwan Dass | United States Army | United States | 1969 | Sweden[149] |
Robert Edward Dostlik | United States Marine Corps | United States | 1969 | Cuba[150] |
Heinz Felfe | Bundesnachrichtendienst | West Germany | 1969 | Exchanged to East Germany |
Olaf Foertsch | Bundeswehr | West Germany | 1969 | East Germany[151] |
Ludwig Gummert | Bundeswehr | West Germany | 1969 | East Germany[152] |
Thomas Kavanaugh | United States Army | United States | 1969 | East Germany[153] |
Hans-Joachim Kruse | Bundeswehr | West Germany | 1969 | East Germany[154] |
Robert Kündiger | Bundesmarine | West Germany | 1969 | East Germany[155] |
John Lowney | United States Marine Corps | United States | 1969 | North Vietnam[156] |
Vassilios Tsironis | Doctor of Medicine | Greece | 1969 | Albania[157] |
Jim Walch | United States Army | United States | 1969 | Sweden[128] |
Zhou Zhende | Republic of China Army | Taiwan | 1969 | China[158] |
Kimihuro Uomoto | Japanese Red Army | Japan | 1970 | North Korea |
Kimiko Fukudome | Japanese Red Army | Japan | 1970 | North Korea |
Kintaro Yoshida | Japanese Red Army | Japan | 1970 | North Korea |
Moriaki Wakabayashi | Japanese Red Army | Japan | 1970 | North Korea |
Shirō Akagi | Japanese Red Army | Japan | 1970 | North Korea |
Takahiro Konishi | Japanese Red Army | Japan | 1970 | North Korea |
Takamaro Tamiya | Japanese Red Army | Japan | 1970 | North Korea |
Takeshi Okamoto | Japanese Red Army | Japan | 1970 | North Korea |
Yasuhiro Shibata | Japanese Red Army | Japan | 1970 | North Korea |
Alvin Glatkowski | United States Merchant Marine | United States | 1970 | Attempted defection to Cambodia |
Clyde McKay | United States Merchant Marine | United States | 1970 | Attempted defection to Cambodia |
Marc Carbonneau | Front de libération du Québec | Canada | 1970 | Cuba |
Jacques Cossette-Trudel | Front de libération du Québec | Canada | 1970 | Cuba |
Yves Langlois | Front de libération du Québec | Canada | 1970 | Cuba |
Larry Humphrey | United States Army | United States | 1970 | Cambodia[159] |
Mihalis Maniadakis | Royal Hellenic Air Force | Greece | 1970 | Soviet Union[160] |
Chang Shuang-Chao | Ministry of Finance aide | Taiwan | 1971 | China[161] |
Sun Chi-Chou | Diplomat | Taiwan | 1971 | China[162] |
Michael Deberry | United States Army | United States | 1971 | Sweden[128] |
Tom Horne | Green Beret | United States | c. 1971 | Sweden[163] |
Ernest Hunter | United States Air Force | United States | c. 1971 | Sweden[164] |
Hans-Dieter Reinkensmeier | German Army Aviation Corps | West Germany | 1971 | East Germany[165] |
Harold Hill | Rolls-Royce Limited engineer | United Kingdom | 1971 | Soviet Union[166] |
Esteban Llana | United States Air Force | United States | 1971 | Panama[167] |
Jaime Morais | Portuguese Army | Portugal | 1971 | Sweden[168] |
Bernard Pryer | United States Army | United States | 1971 | Panama[167] |
John R. Vequist | United States Army | United States | 1971 | Sweden[169] |
Tobey Wagner | United States Army | United States | 1971 | Panama[167] |
Kevin Cadwallader | British Army | United Kingdom | 1972 | Sweden[170] |
Ngo Cong Duc | Journalist | South Vietnam | 1972 | Sweden[171] |
Pham Van Dinh | Army of the Republic of Vietnam | South Vietnam | 1972 | North Vietnam[166] |
Sung Wei-Pi | Former diplomat | Taiwan | 1973 | People's Republic of China[172] |
Gerard Burns | British Army | United Kingdom | 1974 | Ireland[173] |
Nguyen Thanh Trung | Republic of Vietnam Air Force | South Vietnam | 1975 | North Vietnam[174] |
Jürgen Schneider | Bundeswehr | West Germany | 1976 | East Germany[175] |
Bong Ju | Republic of Korea Army | South Korea | 1977 | North Korea[176] |
William Joseph Black | United States Army | United States | 1977 | Czechoslovakia[177] |
Yu Un-hak | Republic of Korea Army | South Korea | 1977 | North Korea[176] |
Robert Thompson | United States Air Force | United States | 1978 | Exchanged to the Soviet Union |
Erhard Mueller | Bundesmarine aviation wing | West Germany | 1978 | East Germany[178] |
Li Jun-gwang | Republic of Korea Army military intelligence | South Korea | 1978 | North Korea[179] |
Roy Chung | United States Army | United States | 1979 | East Germany, then to North Korea |
Ursel Lorenzen | NATO aide | West Germany | 1979 | East Germany[180] |
Christel Broszey | Christian Democratic Union aide | West Germany | 1979 | East Germany[181] |
Inge Goliath | Christian Democratic Union aide | West Germany | 1979 | East Germany[181] |
Helga Roediger | Federal Ministry of Finance | West Germany | 1979 | East Germany[182] |
Alexander Lambert | Bureau of State Security | South Africa | 1979 | Sweden[183] |
Justin Lin | Republic of China Army | Taiwan | 1979 | China |
Friedrich Tomberg | Pädagogische Hochschule philosophy professor | West Germany | 1979 | East Germany[184] |
Kim Ryong-jin | Republic of Korea Army | South Korea | 1979 | North Korea[185] |
Imelda Verrept | NATO aide | Belgium | 1980 | East Germany[186] |
Günter Guillaume | Aide to the West German Chancellor | West Germany | 1981 | Exchanged to East Germany |
Frank Terpil | Central Intelligence Agency | United States | 1981 | Libya, then to Cuba[187] |
Huang Zhicheng | Republic of China Air Force | Taiwan | 1981 | China[188] |
Ma Bi | Kuomintang adviser | Taiwan | 1981 | China[189] |
Robert Vesco | Financier | United States | 1982 | Cuba |
Joseph T. White | United States Army | United States | 1982 | North Korea |
Gerhard G. | Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz | West Germany | 1982 | East Germany[190] |
Gerald Andreas Eckert | South African Army | South Africa | 1983 | Mozambique[191] |
Li Dawei | Republic of China Air Force | Taiwan | 1983 | China[192] |
Mun Sang-chol | Republic of Korea Army | South Korea | 1983 | North Korea[193] |
Alessio Casimirri | Red Brigades | Italy | 1983 | Nicaragua |
Nam Mccurdy | Writer | United States | 1983 | Nicaragua |
Assata Shakur | Black Panther Party activist | United States | 1984 | Cuba |
Xie Yuchen | Film director | Taiwan | 1984 | China[195] |
Zhang Jinfeng | Film producer | Taiwan | 1984 | China[195] |
Hans Tiedge | Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz | West Germany | 1985 | East Germany |
Jeffrey Carney | United States Air Force | United States | 1985 | East Germany |
Ra Il-ryong | Republic of Korea Army | South Korea | 1985 | North Korea[196] |
Edward Lee Howard | Central Intelligence Agency | United States | 1985 | Soviet Union |
Sonja Luenberg | Aide to the Federal Minister of the Economy Martin Bangemann | West Germany | 1985 | East Germany[197] |
Herta-Astrid Willner | Aide to the West German Chancellor | West Germany | 1985 | East Germany[198] |
Herbert Willner | Defence analyst | West Germany | 1985 | East Germany[198] |
Rudolf Alken | University of Mainz researcher | West Germany | 1985 | East Germany[199] |
Karl Koecher | Central Intelligence Agency | United States | 1986 | Exchanged to Czechoslovakia |
Hugo Almeida | United States Army | United States | 1986 | Cuba |
Glenn Michael Souther | United States Navy | United States | 1986 | Soviet Union |
Arnold Lockshin | Biochemist | United States | 1986 | Soviet Union |
Wang Xijue | Airline pilot | Taiwan | 1986 | China[200] |
Wade E. Roberts | United States Army | United States | 1987 | Soviet Union[201][202] |
Stig Bergling | Swedish Security Service | Sweden | 1987 | Soviet Union via Finland[203] |
Theodore Branch | Radio announcer | United States | 1987 | Soviet Union[204] |
Choe Deok-sin | Former South Korean diplomat and foreign minister | United States | 1987 | North Korea |
Song Chang-gu | United States Army aide | South Korea | 1988 | North Korea[205] |
Lin Xianshun | Republic of China Air Force | Taiwan | 1989 | China[206] |
Michael Peri | United States Army | United States | 1989 | East Germany |