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                         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               Washington, D.C. 20549
  
  
  
                                      FORM 8-K
  
  
  
                 Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
                        The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  
  
  
          Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  June 4, 1997
  
  
  
                                TELEGEN CORPORATION
               (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
  
            California                      14836                   84-067214
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  (State or other jurisdiction of  (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer
   incorporation)                                              Identification No.)
   
   
   
  
                                 101 Saginaw Drive
                          Redwood City, California  94063
                      (Address of principal executive offices)
  
                                   (415) 261-9400
                (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
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  ITEM 5.   OTHER EVENTS
  
       On June 4, 1997 Telegen Communications Corporation, a California
  corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Registrant ("TCC"), entered into
  a Shareholders Agreement (the "Agreement") with Janmil Holdings PTE LTD
  ("Janmil").  TCC and Janmil (collectively the "Parties") agreed to own jointly
  Telegen International Limited, a corporation organized and existing under the
  laws of the British Virgin Islands (the "Company"), in order to engage in the
  international telecommunications business, including but not limited to, the
  international call-back business.  Under the terms of the Agreement, (i) the
  Parties each own fifty percent of the Company, (ii) each party  has an equal
  number of seats on the Company's Board of Directors, (iii) the parties are bound
  by certain standard non-compete and confidentiality provisions, and (iv)  the
  Agreement's duration is dependent upon the Company's achieving certain cash-flow
  goals stipulated therein and, in the event such cash-flow goals are not
  achieved, the Company may be liquidated by either of the Parties.
  
       The Registrant expects that the Company will market international
  telecommunications services, principally reselling international telephone
  service carried by larger international telephone companies by purchasing the
  international traffic at bulk discount and selling it to customers, primarily
  businesses, located in countries outside the U.S., billing those customers at
  rates significantly below the international calling rates charged by the local
  telephone companies normally used.
   
  
  
  ITEM 7.   EXHIBITS
  
       10.8 Shareholder Agreement Between Janmil Holdings PTE LTD and Telegen
            Communications Corporation, dated June 4, 1997.
  
  
  
   
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                                     SIGNATURES
  
  
  
       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
  Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
  undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
                                      TELEGEN CORPORATION
  
  
  
  Dated:   July 8, 1997                  By:  /s/ Warren M. Dillard
                                                --------------------------------
                                                Warren M. Dillard,
                                                Chief Financial Officer
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                                 INDEX OF EXHIBITS
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     EXHIBIT      TITLE
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       10.8       Shareholder Agreement Between Janmil Holdings PTE LTD and
                  Telegen Communications Corporation, dated June 4, 1997.
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text: SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                               Washington, D.C. 20549
  
                                      FORM 8-K
  
                 Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
                        The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
  
          Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  June 4, 1997
  
                                TELEGEN CORPORATION
               (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
  
            California                      14836                   84-067214
   ------------------------------   ----------------------     ----------------- 
  (State or other jurisdiction of  (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer
   incorporation)                                              Identification No.)
   
   
   
  
                                 101 Saginaw Drive
                          Redwood City, California  94063
                      (Address of principal executive offices)
  
                                   (415) 261-9400
                (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
  ITEM 5.   OTHER EVENTS
  
       On June 4, 1997 Telegen Communications Corporation, a California
  corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Registrant ("TCC"), entered into
  a Shareholders Agreement (the "Agreement") with Janmil Holdings PTE LTD
  ("Janmil").  TCC and Janmil (collectively the "Parties") agreed to own jointly
  Telegen International Limited, a corporation organized and existing under the
  laws of the British Virgin Islands (the "Company"), in order to engage in the
  international telecommunications business, including but not limited to, the
  international call-back business.  Under the terms of the Agreement, (i) the
  Parties each own fifty percent of the Company, (ii) each party  has an equal
  number of seats on the Company's Board of Directors, (iii) the parties are bound
  by certain standard non-compete and confidentiality provisions, and (iv)  the
  Agreement's duration is dependent upon the Company's achieving certain cash-flow
  goals stipulated therein and, in the event such cash-flow goals are not
  achieved, the Company may be liquidated by either of the Parties.
  
       The Registrant expects that the Company will market international
  telecommunications services, principally reselling international telephone
  service carried by larger international telephone companies by purchasing the
  international traffic at bulk discount and selling it to customers, primarily
  businesses, located in countries outside the U.S., billing those customers at
  rates significantly below the international calling rates charged by the local
  telephone companies normally used.
   
  
  ITEM 7.   EXHIBITS
  
       10.8 Shareholder Agreement Between Janmil Holdings PTE LTD and Telegen
            Communications Corporation, dated June 4, 1997.
  SIGNATURES
  
       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
  Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
  undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
  
                                      TELEGEN CORPORATION
  
  Dated:   July 8, 1997                  By:  /s/ Warren M. Dillard
                                                --------------------------------
                                                Warren M. Dillard,
                                                Chief Financial Officer
  INDEX OF EXHIBITS
                                 -----------------
  
     EXHIBIT      TITLE
     -------      -----
   
       10.8       Shareholder Agreement Between Janmil Holdings PTE LTD and
                  Telegen Communications Corporation, dated June 4, 1997.