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THE International Astronomical Union held its fifth general assembly at Paris on July 10-17, at the Centre Marcelin Berthelot, when nearly three hundred astronomers were gathered together from twenty-seven different countries. The President of the French Republic was present at the opening ceremony, when addresses of welcome were given by the Minister of Public Instruction, the president of the French National Committee of Astronomy (M. de la Baume Pluvinel), the director of the Paris Observatory (M. Esclangon) and replied to by the president of the Union, Prof. F. Schlesinger. During the meeting the adhesion of three new countries, U.S.S.R., China and Yugoslavia, was announced; with the growing number of countries supporting the Union it was found possible substantially to reduce the unit of subscription from the different countries, without hindering the work which the Union has already undertaken to support.
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International Co-operation in Astronomy. Nature 136, 193–194 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/136193b0
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