Alfred Sarant

AKA: Philip Georgievich Staros; Filipp Staros
In Exile
Date of birth:26. 09. 1918
Date of death:12. 03. 1979
Age:60† Deceased
Gender:Male
Era:1950s
State:New York
Support
Communism
Alfred Sarant

Biography

Alfred Sarant was an American electrical engineer linked by decrypted Venona messages to Julius Rosenberg’s Soviet intelligence network. The FBI questioned him after Rosenberg’s arrest in July 1950. Sarant then fled through Mexico with Carol Dayton, reached Czechoslovakia, and moved to the Soviet Union after about five years. Using the name Philip Staros, he became a prominent engineer in the Soviet electronics industry. He was never tried in the United States; the archival identification and his flight are recorded separately from a criminal conviction.

Case

Charges: Suspected participation in the Rosenberg-era Soviet intelligence network; questioned by the FBI but not tried before leaving the United States.
In exile since: July 1950
Exile ended: Mar 12, 1979
Sentence: Fled through Mexico to Czechoslovakia and later settled in the Soviet Union.

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