Subjects include (although not limited to): visits to the Society; Review Lecture given by Walter Bodmer entitled 'The HLA System Gene Clusters and the Human Genome' (includes annotated typescript of the paper); Royal Society delegation visit to Cuba; joint projects between scientific organisations in the UK and USSR; response to the Government's Committee of Inquiry re human fertilization and embryology; visit to Moscow; the use of recombinant DNA techniques; service held at Westminster Abbey to mark the 200th anniversary of the death of Captain James Cook.