Have you met Victor Belenko? He sure has some funny stories about coming to the US.
Have never met him. And as for funny stories - I have a few myself. Once in the Khrunichev plant [large rocketry] the employees managed to lift the lid on a sealed railroad tankcar of ethanol, inserted a thin tubing, threw it over the plant fence into a large bush outside - and siphoned the whole 60 tons tankcar dry. I used to live not far away and knew a few participants.