The 23rd International Congress of Orientalists was held in Cambridge in 1954. The material connected with this Congress includes correspondence concerning organising and finance of the Congress, correspondence regarding attendance, General programme, correspondence regarding the publication of the Proceedings of the Conference and a further research enquiry.

Correspondence concerned with delegates attending the Congress. These are:

• Letter from Hans R. Roemer, Deutsche MorgenLandische Gesellschaft, to the Royal Asiatic Society to inform of delegates coming to the Congress. Typed, dated 6 July 1954.
• Letter from Meer S. Basri to Mrs Davis, Royal Asiatic Society, to ask for a confirmatory letter of his attendance at the Congress so he may obtain a visa. Typed, dated 14 July 1954.
• Letter from Denis Sinor, Organising Committee, to Mrs Davis, Royal Asiatic Society, concerning leaflets advertising the Congress and her offer of help for the Congress. Typed, dated 21 July 1954.
• Letter from Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to the Permanent Under-Secretary of State, to confirm Meer S. Basri's attendance at the Congress. Typed, dated 22 July 1954.
• Letter from Vivian Gaster to Royal Asiatic Society to ask to become a member of the Congress. Handwritten, dated 1 August 1954.
• Letter from Meer S. Basri to Mrs Davis, Royal Asiatic Society, to inform that he has obtained his visa. Handwritten, dated 16 August 1954.
• Letter from President, Royal Asiatic Society, to delegates at the Congress to invite them to become members of the Royal Asiatic Society. Typed, undated.

Letter from Hamilton Gibb to Mrs Davis, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to send his suggestions for the titles for the Prize Essay Competition and also to send a draft letter to Monsieur Bacot of the Société Asiatique concerning the draft Statutes of the proposed International Union of Orientalists. He asks if the Royal Asiatic Society has received a copy of the draft Statutes. With his letter is that to Monsieur Bacot, also dated 28 July 1951.

Letter from International Union of Orientalists to Royal Asiatic Society to state that they have sent an official invitation to the next International Congress of Orientalists and to comment that the Royal Asiatic Society hasn't replied to letters or paid its fees in recent years despite the auspicious initial connections between the Society and the Union via Hamilton Gibb.

Letter from President, Royal Asiatic Society, to Helmuth Scheel, Secretary-General, International Union of Orientalists, to state that there is no record of letters sent to the Society and to ask whether they had been sent to Dr Sinor, the previous representative, who is now a professor in America.