Minutes of a meeting of the British National Committee for Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Present: Professor G K Batchelor, chairman; Professor R E D Bishop; Mr C D Crosthwaite; Dr D Kuchemann; Professor M J Lighthill; Professor P Lord; Professor L Maunder; Professor P R Owen; Professor J D Robson; Professor I N Sneddon Matters discussed; 1. Minutes of the meeting held on 15 July 1970 [NTAM/17 (70)] were confirmed 2. Symposium on Directinal Stability and Control of Bodies moving in Water 3. International Federation for Theory of Machines and Mechanisms 4. IUTAM General Assembly, Liege 5. Membership of IUTAM 6. International Centre for Mechanical Sciences 7. 13th International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Moscow 1972 8. International Congress on Fracture 9. EUROMECH Colloquia 10. Theory and Application of Mechanisms 11. Next meeting It was agreed to h0ld the next meeting on the National Committee in late April 1971 Recommendatin to Council Minute 3 - International Federation for Theory of Machines and Mechanisms 18 December 1970