The Sokolov Defection describes the CIA-assisted desertion-attempt by Soviet weapons scientist Nikolai Stepanovich Sokolov to flee to the United States of America. It lasted from early September to October 1962 and ended in failure as the U.S. was forced to turn Sokolov back over to the Soviets in order to end the Cuban Missile Crisis Sokolov's defection had triggered.
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