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Yurchenko was awarded the Order of the Red Star from the Soviet government for the successful "infiltration operation."UNQUOTE There are two problems with this text, the first of which is that it contradicts the entire subsection titled "Theories" which provides MANY possible scenarios (not all consistent which each other) in which a person would TRULY defect from the Soviet Union and then TRULY defect back. Nothing listed under "Theories" is rendered implausible by the fact of Yurchenko being awarded The Other Of The Red Star after undefecting. The second problem with the quoted text is that it cites in support of its assertion that the initial defection was illegitimate a fact that, even if true, does NOT support the assertion that the first defection was a ruse. It's entirely possible that the defection to the U.S.A. was sincere, that the undefection was also sincere, and that the Soviets awarded The Order Of The Red Star despite the fact that the first defection was sincere. One explanation is that the first defection was sincere but Yurchenko managed to gull them into thinking that it wasn't, that he was executing some master operation so tricky he couldn't tell his superiors about it. Another explanation is that the first defection was sincere and the Soviets knew it, but awarded the Order Of The Red Star (when Yurchenko undefected) to retroactively make it seem, for the public record, that the defection had NOT been sincere. A third explanation is that the Order was awarded in order to convince the Americans/NATO/"the West" NOT to believe anything that Yurchenko had told them during a defection that the Soviets knew was sincere. The fact that the Soviets awarded him The Order Of The Red Star upon his return to their side does not in any way shape or form support the contention that his defection to the U.S.A. "was illegitimate". I'm not, here, impeaching the notion that his defection was a ruse. I'm impeaching the notion that the Red Star award is evidence that the defection was a ruse.
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