From World War II to the disintegration of Yugoslavia, archival activities in Slovenia were connected with archival activities in other Yugoslav republics and autonomous provinces; from its establishment, the Archival Association of Slovenia was a member of the Association (of societies) of Yugoslav archivists. When the attempts to ensure centralised management of archival services failed in the 1950's and 1960's, the Association (of societies) of Yugoslav archivists became a completely independent professional organisation, which directed and coordinated the archival activities of the individual republics and provinces through regional and provincial societies. It functioned on the basis of democratic principles of agreement and harmonisation. It was successful in publishing and in framework unification of the republics' archives legislation and in solving professional problems. It also represented the Yugoslav archives service in the international sphere. The work was done through its bodies (conference, presidency), expert commissions, editing and working bodies, consisting mainly of representatives of the republic and provincial societies — members of the Association ofsocieties. It organised congresses and expert consultations. Slovene archivists worked through their society in all organisational forms of the Association and made a great contribution to solving common problems. As a matter of interest, the author includes some anecdotes about his colleagues in the presidency of the Association and unofficial events at the VIII. and IX. federal congresses.