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Prof B Jakobsson making his speech at the opening of the 1976 Assembly.

variety of reasons in 1975, and in 1976 because, among other factors, subscription rates were increased. The 1976 Assembly was organised simultaneously with an Austra– lian Metals Technology Conference to bring Australian eiqJerts into contact with the IIW. However, the two events were separate and attendance at the Annual Assembly was of the same order as in 1975, about 365. However, it was more representative, with at least some participation from the great majority of member countries, and it was thus in order for the Governing Council to take some far-reaching decisions. One of these was to endorse the creation by the Executive Council of further Study Groups on the pattern of Study Group 2 l 2 to study specialised subjects of interest to only relatively few countries. This decision of principle was immediately applied and the establishment of a select committee and study group, devoted respectively to stan– dardisation and documentation, was authorised and Commission VII disbanded. At the same time the Governing Council was informed that the Executive Council had set up a Working Group to study a proposal from the UK that the IIW should establish its own documentation