Broadcasting behind the Iron Curtain, Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty were praised by Poland's LechWalesaas being critical to the struggle against communism.
As the Commission report notes, LechWalesa and Vaclav Havel have made it clear that RFE still has an important role to play in the political life and information needs of their countries.
The former Secretary of Defense urges that the West today adopt an approach similar to the one taken by President Reagan in 1981 and 1982 as Polish reformers under the leadership of LechWalesa challenged the central authorities in Warsaw and Moscow.