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...East German television broadcast an interview with him from the East German mission in Bonn. On the air, Meissner claimed he had been drugged by West German policemen before making the earlier statements. Bonn promptly rejected Meissner's story as "fully absurd" and refused to allow the would-be redefector to leave the country. Stay tuned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Espionage: Case of the Shoplifting Spy | 7/28/1986 | See Source »

Tumanov's sweaty, mumbling performance drew open disbelief and derision from the more than 100 Western reporters who had been summoned to the carefully scripted propaganda show. Tumanov is the fourth "redefector" to show up in Moscow in the past two years. His fate is uncertain. He is already under a death sentence stemming from his original defection. Asked last week whether he expected to be punished for his 20 years of anti-Soviet activities, he chose not to comment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Defectors: Once Again Over the Wall | 5/12/1986 | See Source »

...this pulling and tugging for the loyalty of Eastern Europe has come a new category: the re-redefector. A Pole showed up at West Berlin last week and said that, after sampling his homeland again, he decided that he likes the West better...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SATELLITES: The Redefectors | 9/5/1955 | See Source »

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