I imagine they also tracked him pretty close from then on out.
I'm sure that would have been the case. I was going to post the video but couldn't find it after searching for awhile. Turns out, I was searching for "American" in the title but the title had "Amerikan" in it. Even though it's fiction, it's a pretty good short film on the tyranny of communism:
Title: Who Wants To Be An Amerikan - Vancouver Film School (VFS)