ABSTRACT
A Soviet official who, for whatever reasons, wants to work for the Americans makes his approach as directly as possible and supplies immediate proof that he is the man he says he is and that he has firsthand information of real value to American intelligence. The most productive CIA Soviet agent of the fifties recruited himself quickly and expertly in Vienna during the Allied occupation of Austria. Walk-ins simply require efficient reaction. Recruiting a Soviet official requires a persistent, long-term effort. From the late forties on CIA has concentrated many of its resources on spotting and recruiting Soviet officials who are judged to be both vulnerable and valuable. The most substantial CIA effort from the mid-fifties on was devoted to the recruitment of Soviet or satellite senior intelligence officers whom we had come to know well, directly or indirectly, over the years of their service abroad.
