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[[underlined]]Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute -- Tivoli Site[[/underlined]]

As reported to the Regents at the September meeting (see minutes of Board of Regents Meeting of September 22, 1980, p. 124), the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) and the Government of Panama have been negotiating on the availability of land at STRI's Tivoli site for the Republic's new National Library. These negotiations have now been completed with STRI ceding a portion of its present land to the Republic in exchange for a smaller contiguous parcel which is now under Panamanian control. The new land, although smaller, is ideally suited from a topographic viewpoint for future development.