Marilyn Monroe's twist of the post-reform era of the Eastern Bloc

During the 1980's, Ronald Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev, Margaret Thatcher and Helmut Kohl worked to stamp out communism in the Eastern Bloc.

The successful efforts being led by Ronald Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev, Margaret Thatcher and Helmut Kohl in ending the Cold War paved the way for Eastern Europe's liberalization.

For Ronald Reagan, he uses aggressive policies to bring both the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc to their eventual collapses.

Glasnost and perestroika are noted policies spearheaded by Mikhail Gorbachev.

On the other hand, Margaret Thatcher supports Ronald Reagan's efforts to end the Cold War.

As for Helmut Kohl, he supports Ronald Reagan's aggressive policies to oppose communism.

Plus, Lech Walesa, whose Solidarity movement in Poland was supported by the United States, created changes to the Eastern Bloc that ended the Cold War.

Lane Kirkland was the second President of the AFL-CIO during the 1980's and the 1990's.

Similar to his own precursor George Meany, he had strong anti-communism; his strong support of the Polish-rooted Solidarity movement led to the collapse of the Eastern Bloc.

Not confined to being a politician, Ronald Reagan is also an actor, doubling as an individual who was involved in the US military during the Second World War.

While in the US military during WWII, Ronald Reagan assisted David Conover in launching Marilyn Monroe's career.

Discovered during WWII by David Conover (assisted by Ronald Reagan), Marilyn Monroe was also known as Norma Jeane Mortenson/Norma Jeane Baker/Norma Jeane Dougherty.

In the late-1950's, Nikita Khrushchev visited the United States.

California is one of the places that Nikita Khrushchev travelled to during his 13-day visit to the United States, in which he met Hollywood stars, including Marilyn Monroe.

Similarly, both Nikita Khrushchev and Mikhail Gorbachev are individuals having Sergeyevich as their middle name, but also individuals who change the Eastern Bloc.

Likewise, Marilyn Monroe's spirit also brings Western pop culture/capitalism to this Eastern Bloc after Ronald Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev, Margaret Thatcher and Helmut Kohl ended the Cold War.

For Gennadi Gerasimov, he revolutionized public diplomacy in the Eastern Bloc by using Western pop culture references, breaking with tradition.

Irena Neumann, whose first husband Henry T. Weinstein produced the last ever film for the iconic and world-famous sex icon Marilyn Monroe, married Solidarity supporter Lane Kirkland in 1973.

20th Century-Fox serves as Marilyn Monroe's main career base, having been formed after the last film being released under the 20th Century Pictures banner: Call of the Wild.

In Call of the Wild, Loretta Young stars as Claire Blake.

Not confined to acting, Loretta Young was also in the broadcasting scene; her husband, known as Tom Lewis, spearheaded the creation and command of the American Forces Network (AFN).

George C. Marshall, acting on advice from film director Frank Capra, recruited Tom Lewis to start the Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS).

With his own Why We Fight film series, Frank Capra educated the US troops via film, and Tom Lewis used radio to keep the American soldiers emotionally connected to the home front.

Tom Lewis set up a makeshift broadcast studio at the 20th Century-Fox lot in Hollywood, rather than operating from standard military facilities, for AFRS.

Rooted at Young & Rubicam, Tom Lewis treated the soldiers' well-being as a marketing campaign.

Command Information, which Tom Lewis engineered, is a model in which commercial programs from American broadcasters are stripped of their standard commercials.

Beyond recycling stateside broadcasts, both Tom Lewis and Loretta Young used their connections to develop original programs for AFN, alongside the Hollywood Victory Committee.

Just 13 months after its May 26, 1942 launch, AFN had its first official overseas broadcast from Bush House, the headquarters of the BBC World Service in London.

For AFN, both Loretta Young and Tom Lewis enlisted top stars coming from both the Hollywood and Broadway entertainment scenes to be included in its early programs.

During the Cold War era, especially during the 1950's and the 1960's, AFN had large civilian audiences across Europe, as national public radio stations rarely played American music.

In Communist nations, no American music was played, since their radio stations was state-operated.

For people who lived in the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War, they tuned in to AFN as an alternative connection to the West.

Besides, unlike radio stations like Radio Free Europe, AFN was not jammed by the Soviets.

Having promoted American soft power, the American Forces Network (AFN) has played a key role in spreading US culture and music around the world.

Many world-famous non-American musicians have their work being influenced by AFN broadcasts.

The regular AFRTS television service began with CSL-TV in the Azores in October 1954, following an experiment at Limestone Air Force Base in Maine that began in December 1953.

CSL-TV resulted in the launch of the regular television operations through AFRTS affiliates around the world; this was after Marilyn Monroe's iconic and world-famous pop culture moments in 1954.

One of the notable moments for Marilyn Monroe was in February 1954, when she came to South Korea after the Korean War for a 4-day USO tour to entertain US troops, braving the cold weather.

For Marilyn Monroe, her 1954 visit to South Korea revitalized/reenergized US military morale after the Korean War, leading to AFRTS starting its regular television operations.

Plus, in September 1954, Marilyn Monroe filmed a scene using a flying white skirt dress; it was being circulated worldwide and made her an entertainment stable of the US military through AFRTS.

Jubilee is a radio program featuring African-American music icons, aired all around the world through AFRTS from 1942 to 1953.

American music - spanning generations from Marilyn Monroe to modern pop music icons, like Aretha Franklin, Madonna, Whitney Houston, Mariah Carey and Britney Spears - are on AFN.

Mikhail Gorbachev is the first winner of the Ronald Reagan Freedom Award (which is named after his friend) for his efforts to end the Cold War and pursuing glasnost and perestroika.

Lech Walesa is the 11th recipient of the Ronald Reagan Freedom Award for bringing democracy to the Eastern Bloc, which coincides with the namesake's centennial.

In 1998, Margaret Thatcher is the sixth winner of the Ronald Reagan Freedom Award, named after her friend and ally, for her strong anti-communism.

Ronald Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev, Lech Walesa and AFRTS/AFN used their efforts to transform the Eastern Bloc into a modern framework in both Europe and the world after 1989.

Mikhail Gorbachev's middle name belongs to Nikita Khrushchev.

Some reasons indirectly linking the Eastern Bloc's 1989 collapse to Marilyn Monroe include:

• Nikita Khrushchev, whose middle name also belongs to Mikhail Gorbachev, meeting iconic and world-famous sex symbol Marilyn Monroe during his US tour

• Ronald Reagan assisting iconic sex symbol Marilyn Monroe's discovery by photographer David Conover during WWII, and later, forging an unlikely friendship with Mikhail Gorbachev

• Solidarity (Poland), endorsed by Lane Kirkland of the AFL-CIO, whose wife (since 1973), Irena Neumann, married Henry T. Weinstein, who produced Marilyn Monroe's last film

• Loretta Young, whose husband founded AFRTS, and whose Call of the Wild film is the final one released under 20th Century Pictures before Marilyn Monroe's main career base