Lenczowski succeeded in getting $2.5 billion authorized to modernize Voice of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
[1] In 1981, he became part of the newly founded Active Measures Working Group, which aimed to counter Soviet disinformation campaigns.
[1] From 1983 to 1987, Lenczowski was Director of European and Soviet Affairs at the United States National Security Council.
In that capacity, he served as principal Soviet affairs advisor to U.S. President Ronald Reagan.
[2] One such policy came from a memo Lenczowski wrote to President Reagan outlining America's strength and promoting military deterrence by better publicizing the truth and goals of communism and the Soviet Union.