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box 1

3.5" floppy disk (Bonner speech) 2004 October

Scope and Contents note

Contains a word processing file, Elena Bonner.doc, authored by Natasha Porfirenko. The file contains a Russian transliteration of the speech Bonner gave at the conference. For printout of speech text, see Box 2, Folder 6.

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3.5" floppy disk (Henze memo) 2004 October

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Contains a word processing file, CONF.doc, authored by Paul B. Henze. The file contains a memo from Henze to Elena Danielson, "Radio Impact Conference; Topics not Covered." For printout of memo, see Box 2, Folder 10.

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Videorecording of Václav Havel video address to the conference 2004 October 14

Physical Description: 1.0 vhs_videocassette

Access

Use copy reference number: 2005c18_v_0002952

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A leading dissident during the Communist era, Václav Havel's writings reached his fellow citizens through the broadcasts of the RFE Czechoslovak Service. Invited to address the Conference on Cold War Broadcasting Impact at the Hoover Institution in 2004, Havel was unable to attend but recorded for conference participants his thoughts on the significance of RFE.

box 1

Sound recordings of proceedings 2004 October 14-15

Physical Description: There are two sets of physical copies, each carrying the same proceedings: 14 sound CDs and 15 sound cassettes. The digital surrogates are copies of the sound CDs.

Access

Use copy reference number: 2005c18_a_0005877

box 1

Digital image files 2004 October 13-16

Physical Description: 7.0 cds

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CDs (two of which are duplicates of others) contain .jpg image files of the conference and participants. For print versions of a subset of these photos, see Photographs (Box 2, Folder 14).

box 2, folder 1

Conference program 2004 October

box 2, folder 2-3

"Papers for Presentation on Thursday, October 14, 2004," 2004 October

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Includes draft conference papers by Gregory Mitrovich, Paul B. Henze, Alan L. Heil Jr., George Woodard, R. Eugene Parta, E. I. Bashkirova, Lechoslaw Galikowski, Pawel Machcewicz, Jane Curry, and Oldřich Tůma.

box 2, folder 4

"A Preliminary Empirical Assessment of the Roles of Radio Liberty and Western Broadcasting to the USSR During the Cold War: A Study Based on Audience Research Findings, 1970-1991," R. Eugene Parta 2004 October

box 2, folder 5

"Listening Rates to Western Radio Stations in Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Romania and Bulgaria, 1962-1988: Longitudinal Listening Trend Charts," compiled by R. Eugene Parta 2004 October

box 2, folder 6

Elena Bonner speech (Russian transliteration) circa 2004 October 14

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Printout from a word processing file on a floppy disk. Due to the document being created in an earlier version of Word, there are some extraneous symbols present.

box 2, folder 7-8

"Papers for Presentation on Friday, October 15, 2004," 2004 October

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Includes draft conference papers by Nestor Ratesh, Germina Nagat, Jordan Baev, István Rév, János Berecz, Amier Weiner, Peter Zvagulis, and Wladimir Tolz.

box 2, folder 9

"Radio Free Europe/Radio Free Liberty Documents, 1953-1986," document reader 2004 October

box 2, folder 10

Memorandum from Paul B. Henze to Elena Danielson, "Radio Impact Conference; Topics not Covered," 2004 October 27

box 2, folder 11

Cold War Broadcasting Impact: Conference Summary 2005

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Includes the following sections: I. Preface, II. Cold War Broadcasting Impact: Conference Summary, III. Cold War International Broadcasting: Lessons Learned, IV. Conference Participants.

box 2, folder 12

Voices of Hope: The Story of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty exhibit postcards 2004

box 2, folder 13

"Cardinal Miloslav Vlk, Archbishop of Prague on the Role of Radio Free Europe," translated by Olga Kopecka, condensed and edited by Ross Johnson, photocopy undated

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Excerpts of speech delivered at a Czech Christian Academy symposium in Prague, October 13, 2003.

box 2, folder 14

Photographs 2004 October 13-16

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100 color prints (includes some duplicates) of conference participants. Includes photos of Suzanne Ament, Elena Bashkirova, Elena Bonner, James Brown, Robert Conquest, Richard Cummings, Jane Curry, Elena Danielson, Thomas Dine, John Dunlop, Charles Gati, Leszek Gawlikowski, Alan Heil, Paul Henze, David Holloway, A. Ross Johnson, Kenneth Jowitt, Gail Lapidus, Pawel Machcewicz, Gregory Mitrovich, Norman Naimark, Christian Ostermann, Eugene Parta, Mark Pomar, István Rev, Svetlana Savranskaya, Anatol Shmelev, George Shultz, Eugeniusz Smolar, Gene Sosin, Oldrich Tuma, Amir Weiner, Sharon Wolchik, George Woodard, and others.

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