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The Twenty-second International Psycho-Analytical Congress was held in Edinburgh from Sunday, 30 July to Thursday, 3 August, 1961, at the McEwan Hall and Adam House, Edinburgh.
This meeting was held under the auspices of the British Psycho-Analytical Society and the Institute of Psycho-Analysis, which received the Congress members at a general reception on the night of Sunday, 30 July. At the same time, in respect both to scientific meetings, hotel and other accommodation, and special events, we owe a great deal to the hospitality and cooperation offered by the City and the University of Edinburgh, to the Edinburgh Festival Society, and to the outstanding efforts of Dr A. G. Thompson, Chairman of the Congress Organizing Committee.
Congress members were entertained at a number of receptions arranged by not only the City itself but by the University and by the Royal Edinburgh Hospital. An afternoon reception at Lauriston Castle was regarded by all as particularly delightful. This was followed in the evening by the floodlighting of Edinburgh Castle and a programme of Scottish dances in the gardens below Princes Street.
The International Psycho-Analytical Association owes great thanks to their colleagues of the British Psycho-Analytical Society and to those who cooperated so efficiently in Edinburgh in helping to make this Congress one of the happiest and best organized that many participants can remember.
The Congress was attended by the Hon. President, Dr Heinz Hartmann, the Hon. Vice-President, Madame Marie Bonaparte, and by the following members of the Central Executive: President, Dr W. H. Gillespie; Vice-Presidents, Miss Anna Freud, Dr Maxwell Gitelson, Dr Jeanne Lampl-de Groot, Dr R. de Saussure; Hon. Treasurer, Dr Phyllis Greenacre; Hon. Secretary, Miss Pearl King.
The total of 768 registrations was made up of the following categories: Members of psycho-analytic societies, 318; associate members of psycho-analytic societies, 116; registered student