To the Editor:

I read the note (Winter, 1984) about the granting of an Honorary Degree in Hungary to Dr. Philip Mechanick. I do not wish to detract from this honour, nor to underestimate the opportunities that Dr. Mechanick will have to expand the awareness of psychoanalysis in Hungary. I do, however, feel it is my duty to point out that the International Psycho-Analytical Association has been working very closely with our Hungarian colleagues for at least fifteen years, under extremely difficult conditions. It has gradually succeeded in doing precisely what you hope Dr. Mechanick will be able to achieve in bringing it right out of an underground status—so much so that our Hungarian colleagues have been granted Provisional Society status at the Congress in Madrid.

I think your readers will be glad to know that there are, in fact, eight full Members and fourteen Associate Members of the IPA, with a full complement of candidates, in Budapest now.

I would be grateful if you could bring this to the notice of the members of the American, as I feel this is the kind of work that the IPA does rather well, but is not always fully appreciated.

Adam Limentani, M.D.

President, International Psycho-Analytical Association

London