¹ The list may perhaps be of some interest to readers as an indication of the nature of the group which participates in shaping the policies of the Institute. In addition to the Director of the School, Professor C. H. Philips, and myself as Head of the Institute, ex officio, the following persons are members of the Committee: From the School of Oriental and African Studies: Professor C. D. Cowan, Professor R. P. Dore, Dr. C. J. Dunn, Professor C. A. Fisher, Professor P. G. O'Neill, Dr. K. R. Walker. From other universities and other schools of the University of London: Dr. Martin Bernal and Professor Denis Twitchett of Cambridge, Professor Alec Nove of Glasgow, Professor Owen Lattimore and Sir Roger Stevens of Leeds, Professor Maurice Freedman of the London School of Economics, Sir William Hayter and Mr. Geoffrey Hudson of Oxford and Dr. C. G. H. Oldham of Sussex. Others: Mr. J. F. Ford of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Mr. Richard Harris of The Times, Mr. J. H. Keswick and Mr. W. C. G. Knowles (who are also members of the Governing Body of the School) representing business, and the Right Honourable Kenneth Younger of the Royal Institute of International Affairs.