From Communism to Clinton: U.S. Radio Free Europe Switches to New Focus From: The Washington Post | Date: April 3, 1993| Author: Marc Fisher | Copyright 1993 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

When the United States built Radio Free Europe's headquarters on the edge of Munich's lush English Gardens in the early 1950s, the structure was designed for quick conversion into a hospital. Surely communism would not last in Eastern Europe, the planners figured, so the U.S. radio station should double as something its German hosts could use.

Four decades later, communism has vanished from Eastern Europe, but there is no sign of any doctors or nurses here.

Not that Radio Free E...

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