Jango
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If true, rather stupid move by the PA. More intelligent adversaries such as the British to the Germans would have not responded exactly and done so as if by chance. When the British cracked ENIGMA, they purposely sacrificed troops and resources along with chances for advantage to the Germans to ensure that the Germans did not figure out that their code had been cracked. That way when the time to actually use the full potential of the crack came in the Allies were able to oursmart the Germans.. the same way a more intelligent PA leadership would have moved some units and kept others back, as if acting on field recon rather than a leak; this would have kept the mole inside the Indian DGMO safe and not lost a valuable asset who would have been useful later. Still, what better to expect from part time property dealers.
I think that without properly knowing the exact size and scale of the movements from Indian and Pakistani sides, the alleged purpose of the Indian movements, the exact time frame, and the consequences of the Indian movements and the composition of the units which were moved, it is harsh to conclude that the PA did a stupid move and backed out on the mole or whatever.
Comparing it with the Enigma case is comparing apples and oranges. Enigma was being used throughout the European theater, with far reaching consequences. If the British didn't act on one piece of broken code, they could have acted on 5 more as they were sure more intercepts would come their way since all comms were coded with Enigma.
Can't really say that same was the case here. Maybe the PA had to move quickly instance, maybe there was something else going on. Again as I said previously, hard to draw conclusions without knowing the specifics.