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Throughout his career LKG gave hundreds of informal talks and speeches around the world. Box contains drafts, research materials, note cards, final speeches, reprints, clippings. Topics range from the future of public television, to terrorism to politics, to reshaping democracy for the digital age. His remarks or writings often spurred a significant response (see correspondence box - especially response to Murrow speech)

While LKG was at CBS, Edward R. Murrow left to become director of the US Information Agency under President Kennedy. Fred Friendly let him know that LKG was interested in a position there. The archives includes Murrow's letters to LKG and LKG's draft responses. While LKG didn't work for US1A in the 60s, in 1989, USIA invited him to travel on behalf of USIA as an AmPart speaker. That correspondence is also included

April 30-July 30,1984; August 1-December 31,1984; January-July 1985; July-December 1985; January-Junei986; July-December 1986; January-June 1987; June-November 1987

Subfolders Beyond the Wasteland correspondence with Jane Gelfman, agent and various publishers (nice rejections); Book reviews; Congrats; John McMillan Electronic Republic (letters with notes, commentary on writing) and book drafts); Electronic Republic Post Murrow Speech; Permission to Photocopy; Publishing correspondence with publisher about marketing, etc.); Twentieth Century Fund (funder or book, includes correspondence and contracts)

Lee Hamilton, chair, invited LKG & Tom Brokaw to testify, impetus for hearings the hijacking of TWA jet in Athens and subsequent hostage situation

Hearing on spectrum Auctions September 12,1995, Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation

Includes note from confidential sources in 60 minutes/tobacco story; Source material for Fox/whistleblower CJR story