Daniel Abraham Zaret (11 April 1891 – 13 October 1984)[1] was a Russian-born, naturalized American citizen and spy.
He later took a position as production safety inspector in the Explosives Division of the War Department in Chicago.
Zaret is referenced in the following Venona project decrypt: Zaret was born Daniel Abraham Zaretsky on April 11, 1891 in Simferopol, Crimea, then part of the Russian Empire to Abraham Zaretsky.
Zaret claimed to have lived in Arkansas, Illinois, Delaware, New Jersey, and New York between 1906 and 1921.
[5] During World War I, Zaret served in the United States Army, November 18, 1917 to January 27, 1919; he was living in Wilmington, Delaware when he registered for the draft.