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(2) Although many of the Museum's staff and some of the remaining Board members are in favor of some sort of relationship with the Smithsonian Institution, all are opposed to moving the collection from New York City if it can be avoided.

(3) Without significant supplementary income, however, it is unlikely that the collection in its current home can be appropriately utilized for public display and study.

(4) Mr. William Dietel of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund has been discussing at our request with the Attorney General the question of whether the collection, under the terms of the Heye Trust, could legally be moved from New York City.

(5) The New York Community Trust and the Rockefeller Foundation have offered to support the Museum in setting up a task force to develop a long-term plan for the future of the collection. Mr. Sidney Whelan of the Community Trust asked our advice on the selection of an Executive Director of the Task Force and on ways the eventual report might be organized. That advice was provided and gratefully received.

To summarize, then, the current situation finds the Museum collection undergoing detailed and exhaustive examination with any