Letter from Sir John Clapham, President of the British Academy, to Henry Dale, President of the Royal Society Informs Dale that the issue of [the Soviet appeal] was discussed at the meeting of the BA Council - asks for the Royal Society to take the lead. Suggests that any public action should make reference to something 'known first hand and of special concern to the BA - the destruction of the Neapolitan archives'. 10 February 1944