Alexander Gregory Barmine (Russian: Александр Григорьевич Бармин Aleksandr Grigoryevich Barmin; August 16, 1899 – 25 December 1987) was an officer in the Soviet Army who fled the purges of the Joseph Stalin era. After settling in France, he later moved to the United States where he enlisted in the U.S. Army as a private during World War II as an anti-aircraft gunner, later joining the Office of Strategic Services. After the war, Barmine became an employee of the Voice of America during the Harry S. Truman administration. He later became a senior adviser on Soviet affairs at the United States Information Agency (USIA).
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