Lech Walesa Archives - Cold War Radio Museum https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/tag/lech-walesa/ Cold War Radio History Sat, 28 Jan 2023 04:58:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.5 https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-CWRM-Mic2022-32x32.jpg Lech Walesa Archives - Cold War Radio Museum https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/tag/lech-walesa/ 32 32 A Book for Experts and Students of Cold War History https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/a-book-for-experts-and-students-of-cold-war-history/ https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/a-book-for-experts-and-students-of-cold-war-history/#respond Mon, 03 Oct 2022 22:26:22 +0000 https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/?p=14819 Mark Pomar’s new book about the Cold War political radio could help American government officials unfamiliar with the history of U.S. international broadcasting. By Ted Lipien Mark Pomar’s book Cold War Radio [Mark G. Pomar, Cold War Radio: The Russian Broadcasts of the Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (Lincoln: Potomac Books, an imprint of the University […]

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]]> https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/a-book-for-experts-and-students-of-cold-war-history/feed/ 0 Support from George H.W. Bush convinced Lech Walesa ‘there was a real chance to get rid of communism’ https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/lech-walesa-george-hw-bush-wanted-to-do-something-for-us-during-his-1987-visit-to-poland/ https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/lech-walesa-george-hw-bush-wanted-to-do-something-for-us-during-his-1987-visit-to-poland/#respond Thu, 06 Dec 2018 12:42:11 +0000 http://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/?p=4084 Cold War Radio Museum   Former Polish President Lech Wałęsa said last year that in 1987 the then Vice President George H.W. Bush showed “he was a friend of Poland” and convinced him that Poland can get rid of communism. Former Polish Solidarity leader made that remark in reference to George H.W. Bush’s visit to […]

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]]> https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/lech-walesa-george-hw-bush-wanted-to-do-something-for-us-during-his-1987-visit-to-poland/feed/ 0 Gene Pell on VOA’s Mission in 1983 https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/gene-pell-voice-of-america-director-june-1985-october-1985-on-voas-mission-in-1983/ https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/gene-pell-voice-of-america-director-june-1985-october-1985-on-voas-mission-in-1983/#respond Sat, 26 May 2018 21:54:18 +0000 http://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/?p=3159 Cold War Radio Museum In 1983, Gene Pell, former Moscow correspondent for NBC News, was Voice of America’s (VOA) Deputy Associate Director for Broadcasting (Programs) under VOA Director Kenneth Y. Tomlinson. Gene Pell, had joined VOA as director of news and current affairs in 1982. He later served as VOA Director from June 1985 to […]

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]]> https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/gene-pell-voice-of-america-director-june-1985-october-1985-on-voas-mission-in-1983/feed/ 0 Voice of America Reporting on March 1988 Student Demonstrations in Poland https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/voice-of-america-on-suppression-of-march-1988-polish-students-demonstration/ https://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/voice-of-america-on-suppression-of-march-1988-polish-students-demonstration/#respond Sun, 08 Apr 2018 05:14:36 +0000 http://www.coldwarradiomuseum.com/?p=2304 Cold War Radio Museum During the Reagan Administration, foreign language services at the Voice of America (VOA) were for the first time given in the 1980s significant freedom to originate their own news reports and to share them with VOA English programs. Some of these news reports and news backgrounders with audio actualities were also […]

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