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The first two conditions Smithsonian staff would be pleased to comply with and their acceptance was recommended. The third condition, although it represents a hypothetical liability against future Smithsonian funds, presents so remote a contingency that its acceptance was recommended as well.

The Executive Committee at its meeting discussed the question of how we should handle the security of the collection, but were convinced that because of the uniqueness of these items, there would be little danger of having them redeemed.