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Letter from the Royal Asiatic Society to the President, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, to inform regarding the progress of the sesquicentenary celebrations

Correspondence with the Asiatic Society of Bengal concerning the sesquicentenary celebrations. These are:

• Letter from President, Royal Asiatic Society, to President, Asiatic Society of Bengal, to inform regarding the progress of the sesquicentenary celebrations, dated 1 May 1973.
• Letter from Honorary President, Asiatic Society of Bengal, to President, Royal Asiatic Society, to thank for his letter and to give news of their own Society, dated 27 June 1973.
• Letter from President, Royal Asiatic Society, to President, Asiatic Society of Bengal, to thank for his letter and to note the Asiatic Society's forthcoming 190th anniversary, dated 12 July 1973.

Correspondence with the Asiatic Society of Bombay concerning the sesquicentennial celebrations. These are: Letter from President, Asiatic Society of Bombay, to President, Royal Asiatic Society, to wish success in the sesquicentennial celebrations and to state they are not in a position to support financially, dated 22 June 1973. Letter from President, Royal Asiatic Society, to President, Asiatic Society of Bombay, to thank for his letter and to wish that the Societies would continue to give mutual support, dated 12 July 1973.

Correspondence concerning the Asiatic Society of Hong Kong. These are:

• Letter from B.W. Robinson, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to Gordon Calver concerning the Hong Kong Society feeling neglected and the letters he is sending to each of the Branch Societies, dated 29 March 1973.
• "Note regarding the Hong Kong Asiatic Society, Note for the President in London" concerning the possibility of fundraising for both organisations, undated.

This material was collated in the interactions between the Asiatic Society of Japan and the Royal Asiatic Society.

Correspondence with the Asiatic Society of Japan concerning the sesquicentenary celebrations. These are:

• Letter from President, Royal Asiatic Society, to President, Asiatic Society of Japan, to inform about the sesquicentenary of the Society and to invite members of the Japan Society in London at the time to be part of the celebrations, dated 21 April 1971.
• Letter from President, Asiatic Society of Japan, to President, Royal Asiatic Society, to thank for the previous letter and to inform that it will be the Japan's Society's centenary in 1972 and to extend a similar invitation to members of the Royal Asiatic Society, dated 23 June 1971.
• Letter from R.H. Wade, President of Asiatic Society of Japan, to B.W. Robinson, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to send his personal note with the official letter and to write about his recent visit to Korea, dated 7 July 1971.

The Asiatic Society of Mumbai, for some part of its history, was affiliated to the Royal Asiatic Society. This material dates from that time and is:

• "Four Important Reprints on South East Asia" from Kraus Reprint, Liechtenstein. An advertising pamphlet for reprints of Asian material including for the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Bombay Branch, for 1841-1923. Printed, dated 1969.
• Letter from the Librarian, Asiatic Society of Bombay, to the Royal Asiatic Society to thank them for the gift of the publication, "The Royal Asiatic Society - Its History and Treasures". Typed, dated 20 November 1980.

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.

These Papers include conference material, promotional material, and correspondence with the Royal Asiatic Society.