Alfred Sarant
Alfred Sarant | |
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| Born | Alfred Epaminondas Sarant September 26, 1918 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | March 12, 1979 (Age 60) |
| Burial place | Bolsheokhtinsky Cemetery in Leningrad |
| Other names | Filipp Georgievich Staros Philip Georgievich Staros |
| Awards | Doctor of Technical Sciences 1967, USSR State Prize 1969 |
| Espionage activity | |
| Allegiance | United States (defected) Soviet Union |
| Service years | 1941–1950 |
| Codename | Kh'YUS/HUGHES |
Alfred Epaminondas Sarant, also known as Filipp Georgievich Staros and Philip Georgievich Staros (September 26, 1918 – March 12, 1979), was an engineer and a member of the Communist party in New York City in 1944. He was part of the Rosenberg spy ring that reported to Soviet intelligence. Sarant worked on secret military radar at the United States Army Signal Corps laboratories at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. Alexandre Feklisov, one of the KGB case officers who handled the Rosenberg spy apparatus described Sarant and Joel Barr as among the most productive members of the group. Sarant was recruited as a Soviet espionage agent by Barr.