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Victor Zorza: Soviet trouble shooter in Mongolia. A report about the visit to Mongolia of Alexander Shelepin to discuss Mongolia's wish to be more independent of Moscow from the Guardian, 28 January 1965.

Victor Zorza: Russia's reluctant satellite. A column about Mongolia's position between Russia and China from the Guardian, 22 January 1965.

Correspondence concerned with Prince Charles as Vice-Patron of the Royal Asiatic Society. These are:

• Draft letter from the Royal Asiatic Society to Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, to ask whether he would consent to become Vice Patron of the Society. Typed letter with handwritten corrections and annotations, undated.
• Letter from Squadron-Leader David Checketts, Buckingham Palace, to B.W. Robinson, Royal Asiatic Society, to state that Prince Charles has agreed to become Vice Patron thus making an exception to his decision to refuse such invitations during his navel career. His attendance at the Society's Triennial Dinner is under consideration. Typed letter with printed letterhead, dated 29 November 1972.
• Letter from Squadron-Leader David Checketts, Buckingham Palace, to B.W. Robinson, Royal Asiatic Society, to state that the Prince has no objection to his name appearing as Vice Patron in the Society's Journal. Typed with printed letterhead, dated 4 December 1972.
• Copy of a letter from B.W. Robinson, Royal Asiatic Society, to Squadron-Leader David Checketts, Buckingham Palace, to acknowledge the Prince's permission for his name to be in the Journal. Typed, dated 16 December 1972.

The manuscript is an index of words and subjects from Gogerly's translation of the Vibhaṅga. The manuscript consists of 10 loose double sheets numbered from 1 to 22. Written by an unknown author; date and place unkown. The words and subjects are listed in columns on the first and third pages of each double sheet. The Vibhaṅga is a Theravāda Buddhist scripture included in the Abhidhamma Piṭaka. It is known as an analysis of mind. 32.5cmX21cm.

"Verses so I [conclude] by T.M." No verses with this title. Handwritten 1 piece, 1 side

Copy of The New Review, Vol. IV, No. 21, February 1891, containing "Verses on the Death of Richard Burton" by Algernon Charles Swinburne, pp. 97-99

Verses about the state of the toilets at Caius College, Cambridge. Undated [1799] 1 piece, 1 side

Drafts of verses. On reverse is printed frontispiece for "A Commentary on the Book of Job in which is inserted the Hebrew Text and English translation with a Paraphrase" by Leonard Chappelow, Arabic Professor. Printed by J. Bentham, Cambridge, 1770

Veronica Maclean: A Woman in Outer Mongolia. A magazine article documenting a visit made by the author and her husband, Sir Fitzroy Maclean, to Outer Mongolia from the Geographical Magazine Vol. 37, February 1965, pp740-754.

"Vernacular Education Letter VI." Drafts of a letter from Brian Houghton Hodgson to the Editor of the Friend of India in which he replies to the remarks made by the Editor after the publication of his previous letter. Hodgson continues to pose that vernacular education is the best way forward. Two handwritten drafts, each 2 pieces, 8 sides, dated 29 March 1848.