https://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/russ/jfkinfo4/jfk12/defector.htm#DAVISAfter serving approximately 5 years in the U.S. Army, Bruce Frederick Davis left his post in Germany.(53) He defected to East Germany in August 1960, and spent a month in East Berlin before entering the Soviet Union. (54)
In October 1960, two articles appeared in Izvestiva and Pravda with statements by Davis attributing his defection to disillusionment with U.S. foreign and military. policy.(55) Although Davis physically defected, he did not officially denounce his American citizenship and was documented by the Soviet as a stateless person.(56)
Davis was settled in Kiev as a student at the Kiev Institute of National Economy.(57) He was provided a free dormitory room and a stipend of 900 old rubles a month.(58) This is three times what Soviet students receive, but normal for a non-Soviet-bloc student. (59) In October Davis wrote a friend of his in the Army stated he was given an outright sum of 10,000 old rubles; it is known if this is true. (60) He was promised a free apartment if his unauthorized travel was discontinued and his grades were improved. (61)
In August 1962, Davis appeared at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow to request an American passport.(62) He phoned the Embassy the following day and stated he would not be completing the application as he had been arrested for his participation m a brawl Kiev. (63) He returned to the Embassy in October 1962 and was issued a passport and entry visa into West Germany.(64) Davis, allowed the passport and visa to expire due to a new Soviet girl friend he had met. (65)
In 1963 Davis visited the Embassy on an unauthorized trip January to make statements concerning his dissatisfaction and deliver papers from another disgruntled U.S. citizen.(66) In May he made another trip to renew his passport and reapply for a West German visa.(67) Davis was returned to military control in July 1963.(68)