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THE British Commonwealth of Nations Scientific Liaison Offices (London) have been opened on the third floor of Africa House, Kingsway, W.C.2. This is one of the measures to facilitate co-operation in the civil aspects of science within the Commonwealth decided on by the British Commonwealth Scientific Official Conference held in London in 1946. For a number of years several of the Commonwealth countries have maintained scientific liaison offices in London, and these, together with the ones now being established, will have their headquarters in Africa House. Each of these offices will continue to operate as in the past, retaining complete independence of action ; but the convenience of occupying adjacent premises will facilitate co-operation between them on matters of common interest. For ease of reference to the group of independent offices as a whole, the title given above has been chosen, with the abbreviation B.C.S.O. (London) for common use. The offices taking part in the scheme are those of Australia, Canada, Central African Council, India, New Zealand, South Africa and the United Kingdom. Pakistan and the Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux will be represented, and the Overseas Liaison Division of the U.K. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research will work in Africa House. In Washington the scientific liaison offices of the Commonwealth countries are associated under a similar scheme.
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British Commonwealth of Nations Scientific Liaison Offices. Nature 161, 923 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161923a0
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