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Information concerning the 12th Conference of British Orientalists and the Association of British Orientalists. These are:

• "Association of British Orientalists: The Nature and Aims of the ABO".
• Letter from T.F. Mitchell, Secretary of Association of British Orientalists, to members or prospective members to enclose an account of the nature and aims of the Society and a report from the recent conference, dated 31 October 1962.
• "12th Conference of British Orientalists". Report from the conference held from 3-6 September in Durham. Standing order form for membership fees to be paid on 1st March 1963 and annually thereafter.

Two letters concerning attendance at the Conference of the Association of British Orientalists in 1953. These are:

• Letter from W. Montgomery Watt, to inform that the next meeting of the Conference will be held in Edinburgh from 15-21 July 1953. Dated November 1952.
• Letter from Pierre Cachia and W. Montgomery Watt, Joint Secretaries, Local Organising Committee, to ask for people to confirm their attendance at the Conference in order that the accommodation booking can be arranged, dated February 1953.

Correspondence between the Association of British Orientalists and the Royal Asiatic Society concerning the standing of members of the Royal Asiatic Society within the Association of British Orientalists. These are:

• Notice from Richard Hill, Association of British Orientalists, to announce the twelfth Conference of the British Orientalists to be held under the joint auspices of the Association and the Royal Asiatic Society at the University of Durham, 3-6 September 1962. Dated 1 March 1962.
• Draft letter from the Royal Asiatic Society concerning the illogical position that members of the Royal Asiatic Society will be expected to pay a membership fee for the Association of British Orientalists in order to attend the Conference though the Royal Asiatic Society is sponsoring the event, dated 8 October 1962.
• Letter from Richard Hill, Association of British Orientalists, to Richard Winstedt, Royal Asiatic Society, to state that he no longer holds office in the Association and so has passed Winstedt's letter to the Secretary, Mr T.F. Mitchell. Dated 10 October 1962.
• Letter from T.F. Mitchell to Richard Winstedt to clarify the position concerning the Royal Asiatic Society members attendance at the Conference, dated 1 November 1962.

Letter to Sir Richard Winstedt to inform him that the 11th conference of British Orientalists did not decide in favour of creating a Society for Asian Studies, nor that the Association's name should be changed. The writer congratulates Winstedt on the Academy's grant to the Royal Asiatic Society and sends his apologies for the next Council meeting of the Society.