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City; Regent McHenry, an advisor to Emilio Azcarraga, Chairman of SIN and Universa Television, is trying to arrange a meeting between Azcarraga and Secretary Adams; while Japanese prospects (Fuji TV and Hitachi) continue to profess interest, they have been unable to commit because of economic conditions. Efforts are also being redoubled to stimulate funding from American sponsors. To this end, the firm of Brakeley, John Price Jones has been engaged to conduct feasibility interviews to determine strategies and prospects for raising support from U.S. corporations and foundations. So far agreeing to interviews are: IBM, Coca-Cola, 3M, Exxon, and Eastman Kodak. 
The National Museum of African Art has begun to implement its strategy for raising a total of $5.5 million for Museum acquisitions. Thirteen members have agreed to form the core of a national Campaign Committee which will be essential to achieving the campaign's objectives of sequential fund raising. Leadership gifts will be solicited from some 25 key prospects (including individuals, foundations, and a corporation). In the process of cultivating 17 of these top 25 prospects, Director Sylvia Williams has personally appealed to five of them for a total of nearly $500,000.
The fund raising campaign for the "Information Revolution" exhibition in the National Museum of American History has netted $2,325,000 toward its budget of approximately $5 million. Major contributions to date have come from IBM, Northern Telecom, Unisys, AT&T, Xerox, and Texas Instruments. It would appear the fund raising has been more difficult than expected because of diminished profitability for many computer and communication organizations, increased competition for private sector philanthropy, and the apparent lack of advantages of a corporate contribution for an exhibition not to open until 1990. Nonetheless,