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xlviii Annual Report of the Delegacy the degree of Phil Oxon in July for thesis on 'The rhetorical treatment of nature in Spanish baroque poetry in the age of Gongora' The department gained an unusual though regrettably short-lived lustre by the appointment as Lecturer of Sr Mario Vargas Llosa one of the most distinguished of younger Latin American novelists whose latest novel Conversation en la catedral published in January was very favourably received Sr Vargas Llosa's appointment terminates in September 1970 Mr Wilson was awarded Parry travel grant for re- search visit to Spanish America and was granted leave of absence from April to September for this purpose In February the department arranged recital of Spanish songs of the last four centuries by Sta Rosa Barbany accompanied by Miss Deborah Lehmann harpsichord and Mr John Carmichael piano DEPARTMENT OF WAR STUDIES Number of Students Phil 18 14 Diploma Departmental Notes Professor Martin delivered lectures at the Imperial Defence College the Royal Naval Staff College the Joint Services Staff College the Sandia Corporation Atomic Energy Commission Albuquerque New Mexico the University of California Los Alamos and to conferences of the Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Auswartige Politik and the University of Toronto He also delivered report and testi- mony on the future of the Canadian Navy to the Canadian House of Commons Dr Mendl lectured to the Royal Naval College Green- wich the Imperial Defence College the Royal Military College of Science and the Strategic Studies Group at All Souls College He attended the Pugwash Conference at Sochi in the Soviet Union the 1970 conference on the Christian Approach to Defence and Dis- armament at Marienburg West Germany and other conferences in Austria and Switzerland Mr Bond lectured to the University of Swansea on 'Maritime versus Continental theories in 20th century British strategy' and to