Louis Dolivet, born as Ludovici Udeanu was an emigre writer, editor of Free World, film producer, and alleged Soviet spy born in Austria-Hungary, who later obtained French citizenship.
11 Facts About Louis Dolivet
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Louis Dolivet became known as Louis Dolivet upon arriving in New York on January 6,1939.
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From 1941 to 1946, Louis Dolivet was the editor of Free World, a monthly magazine of the International Free World Association, published by Free World, Inc in New York City.
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Louis Dolivet was said to have mentored Welles politically, and the two men developed a close friendship that began in the early 1940s.
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Louis Dolivet was reportedly trying to groom Welles for a political career, including a bid for the Senate in Wisconsin or California; or internationally as Secretary-General of the United Nations.
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In Last of the Cold War Spies: The Life of Michael Straight by journalist Roland Perry confirms that "Louis Dolivet" was the alias of Ludovic Brecher, who was indeed a secret Comintern agent linked to Pierre Cot and Michael Straight.
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Louis Dolivet was recruited by Blunt, who according to The Telegraph, was briefly his lover.
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Louis Dolivet continued to pursue both politics and his stratospheric social life, sharing a house with Joseph Alsop, drafting speeches for and dining with the Roosevelts, and writing his analytic memorandums, some of which he passed on to Soviet intelligence.
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Louis Dolivet was introduced by Michael Straight to his sister, actress Beatrice Whitney Straight, in Washington, DC, and several months later, on February 22,1942, Louis Dolivet married her in Polk County, Iowa.
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At the time, Louis Dolivet was a speaker at the National Farm Institute and Straight was in the middle of the mid-west road show of Twelfth Night.
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Louis Dolivet, who was living in Paris at the time, was refused a visa and, therefore, unable to fly to the United States to attend the funeral because of his allegedly pro-communist activities.