Hoover Library & Archives has received an addition to its Stefan Olszowski papers. Olszowski had a stellar career in communist Poland.  He served as the propaganda chief of the party in the late 1960s and the beginning of the 1970s. He was foreign minister twice in 1971–76 and 1982–85.  In-between those terms, he served as ambassador to East Germany and acted as the party’s central committee secretary for ideology and media.  In the Polish politburo he represented a hard line pro-Soviet orientation, advocating the suppression of the Solidarity independent trade union movement.

Hsiao-ting Lin, currently a research fellow and curator for East Asian collections at Hoover Library & Archives, shares his memories of his close working relationship with Ramon Myers, former curator of East Asian collections at Hoover L&A, a Hoover senior fellow, and an expert on the history and politics of China. Myers died on November 11^th at the age of 86.