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Summary:Soviet defector Vitaly Yurchenko flew home to Moscow on November 6, leaving behind a trail of confusion over why he suddenly decided to return to the USSR. The CIA said he was the fifth-highest ranking KGB official; he asked for asylum in the US on August 1.
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