The file contains correspondence, the agenda, minutes and working documents, including financial reports).

Topics discussed: Guidelines for ESF's additional activities, general administration, the 2nd Colmar Colloquium, relations with the Council of Europe, preparations for the General Assembly 1984, co-operation with the French Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques, the Standing Committee for the Humanities, the University of Europe, Byzantine studies, Chinese studies, ethnic minorities, archaeology, dictionary production, biblical studies, European nationalism, the Standing Committee for the Social Sciences, comparative law, migration studies, second language acquistions, transport policy, studies on centre and periphery, linguistics, social science administration, the Standing Committee for the European Medical Research Councils, toxicology, human reproduction, mental illness research, data protection, brain and behaviour research, biomedicine, the Standing Committee for the European Science Research Councils, the European Geotravers, fuel cells and batteries, taxonomy, the European Drosophila Centre, ocean drilling, forest ecosystem research, atmospheric chemistry, polymer science, synchrotron radiation, the Standing Committee for the Space Sciences, the European Space Agency and the American-European space station.

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