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The 25th International Congress of Orientalists was held in Moscow in August 1960. The material associated with this Congress is:

• First Circular for the XXVth International Congress of Orientalists from B.G. Gafurov, Chairman, and I.M. Diakonoff, Secretary, Organising Committee, giving details of the dates and sections for the Congress. Printed in Russian and English, undated.
• Second Circular from the Organising Committee to give further organisational information regarding the Congress. Printed in Russian and English, undated. With the circular is an application form for attendance at the Congress, also printed in Russian and English.
• Announcement from the Royal Asiatic Society of the 25th International Congress with the sections and registration fee. Printed, dated September 1959.
• Application form to attend the Congress. Printed in Russian and English, undated.
• Notice of flights to and hotels in Moscow. Typed with handwritten annotations, undated.
• List of British delegates for the Congress. Typed, undated.
• Letter from the International Union of Orientalists to the Royal Asiatic Society to invite the Society to take part in the General Assembly at the forthcoming Congress. Typed, dated 8 July 1960.
• Letter from Denis Sinor to Mrs Davis, Royal Asiatic Society, to ask her to make sure that the Society's subscription is paid to the International Union of Orientalists. Typed, dated 11 July 1960.

The 26th International Congress of Orientalists was held in New Delhi in 1963. These papers concern preparatory organisation. They are:

• Letter from the International Union of Orientalists to the Royal Asiatic Society to enclose the minutes of their meeting in Tokyo, October 1961, and the statutes of the Union. They ask for the Society's to remit their quota to enable the work towards the next Congress. Typed, dated 3 May 1962.
• Letter from the International Union of Orientalists to the Royal Asiatic Society to follow up on their letter of 3 May as they had not yet received a reply from the Society. Typed, dated 3 July 1962.

Administrative correspondence between the Royal Asiatic Society and the International Union of Orientalists/ International Union for Oriental and Asian Studies in the time period 1965-1977.

Minutes of the General Assembly of the International Union of Orientalists held in Munich in 1957 and a subsequent circular.

Correspondence and reports concerned with the International Union of Orientalists' General Assembly at New Delhi in 1964.

Correspondence, drafts and reports concerning the inauguration of the International Union of Orientalists.

Correspondence and report concerning the Meeting of the Bureau of the International Council of Orientalists at Faarevejle-Bjergene, Denmark on 19 September 1965.