Also see:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1421441/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1421430/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1220747/posts
Wake up America and vote the ba$tards out!
After reading various history pieces on Havel, I think that it's very likely that he changed his mindset a lot between 1964 and his effort with "nonpolitical politics."
But at the same time, I know that even though Communism is partially stopped in government practice for a short time, making difficult changes to a culture in a large population is another matter. It's easy for a people to try something new with extremely idealistic expectations only to revert when things don't work out the way they'd hoped or as quickly as they'd wished.
The fact that he was not either brain damaged via personal bio / chem attack or outright murdered tells me he must have been on some sort of Communist "good" list. The use of false opposition is well known. Now, has he changed his ways since his presidency? The jury is still out on that score ...