As Lech Walesa, Poland's first freely elected post-war president, noted, it is easy to turn an aquarium into fish soup. Reversing the process is much harder.
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.