Albert Jolis
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Albert Jolis(1912–2000) was an Americandiamonddealer, head of the international firm Diamond Distributors, Inc, and a fund-raising anti-communist, serving in the 1980s as board chairman ofResistance International.
World War II and its aftermath
[edit]Jolis served in theOffice of Strategic Services(OSS) with William Casey underBill DonovanduringWorld War II.
In a letter toArthur Koestleron 19 March 1946George Orwellwrote that "Bert Jolis is very much of our way of thinking”.[1]They were planning to set up an anti-totalitarian League and Orwell had been talking to an American acquaintance about the sister organisation in the USA, theInternational Rescue Committee.[2]
Implementing the Reagan Doctrine
[edit]After retiring from business, Jolis helped to create the anti-communistResistance International(1983–1988) and the National Council to Support the Democracy Movements with Soviet dissidentsVladimir Bukovsky,Vladimir Maximov andEduard Kuznetsov,[3]and, among others,Jeane Kirkpatrick,Martin Colman, Jack Kemp,Richard Perle,andMidge Decter.
References
[edit]- Edward Jay Epstein,The Rise and Fall of Diamonds: The Shattering of a Brilliant Illusion.Simon and Schuster, 1982
- Albert JolisA Clutch of Reds and Diamonds,Columbia University Press, 1996