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in lieu of the central library facilities earlier contemplated for the underground building.  In late August the Smithsonian will present the design to the Joint D.C. Landmark Committee for Historic Preservation (comprised of representatives from the District of Columbia, the National Capital Planning Commission, and the Commission of Fine Arts), and about October 1 the design will be presented to the National Capital Planning Commission for approval.
 
[[underlined]] Fund-Raising Activities [[/underlined]].  The gift of $1 million pledged last May by the Government of Japan was received by the Smithsonian from the Japan Foundation on April 23, 1980, at an appropriate ceremony at the Japanese Embassy in Washington.

Mr. Paul N. Perrot, Assistant Secretary for Museum Programs, Mr. James McK. Symington, Director, Office of Membership and Development, and Dr. Thomas Lawton, Director, Freer Gallery of Art, were in Tokyo April 20-28 and Seoul April 29-May 3 following up on the Secretary's visits last autumn.  The Secretary reported that these Smithsonian officials had a good reception and received generally favorable expressions about fund raising in Japan and Korea.
 
Mr. William Anderson, NCR Chairman and Chairman of the National Board of the Smithsonian Associates, has agreed to head the Ad Hoc Committee's corporate campaign which has a goal of $2 million.  He will be assisted in this by Regent Paul Austin, and Messrs. Thomas Evans, George McGhee and John Irwin on behalf of the Asian Art Gallery.  Efforts also are being made to interest Saudi Arabia in the Asian Gallery, and Senator William Fulbright will advise us in this effort.  Similarly, the Governments of Zaire and Nigeria will be approached for support of the African Art Museum, and Ad Hoc Committee member G. Mennen Williams and former Regent Senator Ted Moss will