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
|