And there was one other who was of outstanding importance: Richard Krygier, a Pole by origin, who in 1941 had, along with his wife Roma, found his way to Australia via Lithuania, Siberia, Tokyo and Shanghai. Arriving broke and with little English, he started by taking a job as a waiter in one of Sydney’s nightclubs. By the 1950s, Krygier had a successful book-importing business. He was passionately, knowledgeably, uncompromisingly, and effectively anticommunist. When the Congress for Cultural Freedom was formed, Krygier was determined that Australia should participate in it. Despite initial indifference in Paris, he succeeded: in 1954, a small Australian committee was formed.