File re the establishment of the NHRC and the views of senior SRC astronomers on Northern Hemisphere Astronomy. Includes:

Photocopies of articles on the SRC and Northern Hemisphere Astronomy from ‘Nature’ and ‘New Scientist’ (1969-1971) with related letters.

Notices and circulars from the Institute of Professional Civil Servants SRC Branch Committee (by David Thomas and Joy Penny) and SRC re the establishment of the Northern Hemisphere Review Committee and a request from the HNRC for comments, and re general SRC staff issues such as productivity and staff transfers, etc.

Corrected successive drafts of an SRC Staff Side paper titled ‘SRC and the Future of British Astronomy in the Northern Hemisphere’, for consideration of the NHRC, with related notes and comments by RGO, ROE and Cape Observatory staff.