Correspondence with the British Council concerning the Symposium for the Royal Asiatic Society's Sesquicentenary. These are:

• Letter from F. Llewellyn, British Council, to B.W. Robinson, Royal Asiatic Society, to state that the Council were looking into the possibility of assistance for foreign scholars attending the Symposium, date 11 September 1972.
• Letter from F. Llewellyn, British Council, to B.W. Robinson, Royal Asiatic Society, to state that, in principle, the Council would be willing to contribute to fares from Paris and accommodation for 3 delegates, dated 29 September 1982.
• Letter from President, Royal Asiatic Society, to Dr Llewellyn, British Council, to thank for the Council's tentative offer to help with costs for some delegates, dated 17 October 1972.
• Letter from B.W. Robinson, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to Dr Llewellyn, British Council, to give full details of the Symposium and to ask for financial help for some scholars, dated 25 April 1983.
• Letter from P.R.V. Deed, British Council to B.W. Robinson, Royal Asiatic Society, to give details of the financial assistance they will offer and to reply concerning the possibility of the Council hosting a reception during the Symposium, dated 23 May 1973.
• Letter from A.D.H. Bivar, Director, Royal Asiatic Society, to Mr Deed, British Council, to thank for his letter, to give details of how to process payments for the delegates and to fix a date for the reception, dated 9 June 1973.
• Letter from P.R.V. Deed, British Council to A.D.H. Bivar, Director, Royal Asiatic Society, to state that Bivar's letter has been passed on to the Director Visitors Department, dated 13 June 1973.
• Letter from Leonie Smith, British Council, to A.D.H. Bivar, Director, Royal Asiatic Society, to state that she is writing to the Council Delegates in France and Italy concerning making arrangements for the delegates; and to give the timing of the Reception to be held at the British Council, dated 15 June 1973.
• Letter from P.R.V. Deed, British Council, to A.D.H. Bivar, Director, Royal Asiatic Society, to state that he has been selected as the Council's representative at the Symposium, dated 25 June 1973.
• Letter from Leonie Smith, British Council, to A.D.H. Bivar, Director, Royal Asiatic Society, to enclose a cheque for the subsistence of the delegates they are supporting, dated 29 June 1973.
• Letter from Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Mrs V.C. Demery, British Council, to enclose a guest list for the reception, dated 6 July 1973.
• Letter from Mrs V.C. Demery, British Council, to Miss Crawford, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to enclose cards for participants and delegates attending the Reception, dated 16 July 1973.
• Letter from Professor E.H.S. Simmonds, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to Dr Llewellyn, British Council, to thank them for hosting the Reception and to report on the Symposium, dated 2 August 1973.

Correspondence with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office concerning a reception to be hosted by them during the Sesquicentenary Symposium. These are:

• Letter from John Hansman, Appeal Organiser, Royal Asiatic Society, to Mr Luckin, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, to inquire regarding the possibility of the Government's involvement in the Society's celebrations and to ask advice regarding a commemorative stamp, dated 28 August 1972.
• Letter from B.W. Robinson, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to Mr Luckin, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, to send a brochure concerning the Royal Asiatic Society and to ask for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to take part in their Sesquicentenary celebrations, dated 28 August 1972.
• Letter from John Hansman, Appeal Organiser, Royal Asiatic Society, to Mr Luckin, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, to send a membership list to the Foreign Office, dated 4 September 1972.
• Letter from John Hansman, Appeal Organiser, Royal Asiatic Society, to Mr Luckin, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, to reiterate the wish for the Foreign Office to be involved in the Sesquicentenary Celebrations, dated 3 October 1972.
• Draft letter from Royal Asiatic Society to Foreign Office giving details of the Symposium and the foreign scholars attending, undated
  *. Letter from John Hansman, Appeal Organiser, Royal Asiatic Society, to Mr Luckin, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, to send list of the British and foreign scholars expected to attend the Symposium, dated 5 December 1972.
• Letter from G.R. Luckin, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, to Dr Hansman, Royal Asiatic Society, to state that the question of the Office providing some kind of hospitality is currently being discussed, dated 13 December 1972.
• Letter from B.W. Robinson, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to Mr Luckin, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, to write about the Reception at which the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh will be in attendance and that they will be asking the Duke of Edinburgh to be the Honorary President for the Symposium, dated 5 February 1973.
• Letter from John Hansman, Appeal Organiser, Royal Asiatic Society, to Mr Luckin, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, to thank the Government for the hospitality they are willing to extend and to ask whether the Reception could be held at Lancaster House on 25 July, dated 20 March 1973.
• Letter from John Morgan, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, to B.W. Robinson, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to confirm that Sir Eric Norris has agreed to host the Reception on 25 July, dated 18 April 1973.
• Letter from B.W. Robinson, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to John Morgan, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, to thank him for the news that Sir Eric Norris will host the Reception, dated 30 April 1973.
• Letter from A.D.H. Bivar, Director, Royal Asiatic Society, to Mr Luckin, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, to give the wording for the invitation of the Reception, dated 18 June 1973.
• Letter from Diana Crawford, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Mr Murray, Foreign and Commonwealth Office to send a list of the guests, dated 6 July 1973. The list is with the letter.
• Letter from Diana Crawford, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Mr Murray, Foreign and Commonwealth Office to send further details for the guest list, dated 6 July 1973.
• Letter from Professor E.H.S. Simmonds, President, Royal Asiatic Society, to Sir Eric Norris, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, to thank him for hosting the Reception, dated 2 August 1973.

Correspondence with other Official Bodies: These are:

• Correspondence with the British Academy concerning the giving of a grant from the British Academy to support the Sesquicentenary Symposium, 8 letters, dated 19 December 1972 - 7 June 1973.
• Correspondence with the Mayor of London, Mansion House, regarding the possibility of holding a Reception at Mansion House. This was not possible, 4 letters dated 19 March 1973 - 29 March 1973.
• Correspondence with the Corporation of London regarding the possibility of them hosting a Reception. This was not possible. 2 letters, dated 6 April 1973 - 23 May 1973.

Correspondence regarding speakers' accommodation and the Papers they wish to present at the Symposium. These include correspondence with Connaught Hall where the speakers were to be accommodated and corespondence with individual speakers regarding their arrangements, 20 letters, dated 11 January 1973 -12 July 1973. There are five letters concerning the nature of the Papers to be presented, dated 16 April 1973 - 16 July 1973, one of which is written in German and one in French.

Correspondence with participants for the Symposium. These include requests for tickets for the Symposium, acknowledgements of receipt of tickets, and regrets from those unable to attend. Dated 22 February 1973 -12 July 1973.

Correspondence regarding obtaining copies of Papers delivered at the Symposium. These are:

• Correspondence with David Kahn regarding obtaining a copy of the proceedings of the conference, 3 letters, dated 1 August - 10 August 1973.
• Correspondence with S. Strelcyn asking for summaries of the Symposium, 4 letters, dated 29 August - 11 September 1973.
• Letter from W.J. Legendre regarding the Journal in which the Papers were due to be published, dated 30 March 1974.
• Letter from Stuart Simmonds, President, and A.D.H. Bivar, Director, Royal Asiatic Society to ask authors for their Papers to publish in the Society's Journal, dated 10 April 1974.

Correspondence with The Times newspaper. These are a letter to invite The Times to attend the Symposium, dated 20 July 1973, and a letter to thank Philip Howard of The Times for attending, date 2 August 1973. Both are from the President of the Royal Asiatic Society.

Six further items of correspondence:

• Estimate from Richard Madley Ltd. to Royal Asiatic Society for the cost of providing 200 copies of a booklet, dated 5 July 1973.
• Letter from Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Richard Madley Ltd. to accept the estimate, dated 6 July 1973.
• Letter from Sir Harold Bailey to Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to ask if he may see a photograph taken at the Symposium, dated 1 August 1973.
• Copy of a letter from Robin Allen, nephew of W.E.D. Allen, to Counsellor Filatov, Embassy of the USSR, concerning the invitation of Professors Daniyalov, Abayev, and Tsereteli to the Sesquicentenary celebration of the Royal Asiatic Society, dated 11th July 1972.
• Letter from Robin Allen to Miss Crawford, Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to enclose the above letter and to inform that his uncle is out of hospital, dated 16 July 1972.
• Letter from Secretary, Royal Asiatic Society, to Robin Allen to acknowledge receipt of his letter and to express her gladness that his uncle is out of hospital, dated 27 July 1972.

Abstracts for some of the Papers delivered at the Symposium. These are:

• "The state of the study of Proto-Elamite" by Professor Piero Meriggi
• "The Linguistic Situation of the 2nd Millennium B.C. in Ancient Anatolia" by Annelies Kammenhuber
• "Hieroglyphic Hittite: Some new readings and their consequences" by J.D. Hawkins and A. Morpurgo-Davies
• "The Study of Lydian" by Professor R. Gusmani.
• "Minoan Linear A" by John Chadwick
• "The Decipherment of Minoan and Eteocretan" by Cyrus H. Gordon
• "The Present State of Research on the Cypro-Minoan Syllabic Scripts - some attempts at interpretation" By Mme Emilia Masson
• "Problems and Deceipherment of Linear A" by J.T. Hooker
• "Archaeological Evidence for the Indus Script" by Professor B.B. Lal

Newspaper cuttings:

• "The indefatigable in pursuit of the indecipherable" from The Times, 22 July 1973.
• "Receptions: Foreign and Commonwealth Office" from Daily Telegraph, 26 July 1973.
• "Receptions: Foreign and Commonwealth Office" from The Times, 1973.
• "Song of the sirens not beyond all conjecture" from The Times, 28 July 1973.