fH£ MUSEUM OF MODERN ART
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No. J+9A FOR RELEASE: Tuesday, May 9, 1961
To: City Editors Photo Assignment Editors
permanent Representatives to the United Nations from 35 countries will attend
a reception in their honor at the Museum of Modern Art from 10 p.m. until mid
night this evening, Monday, May 8 given by the International Council of the
Museum.
The Council, holding its spring meeting in New York on May 8 and 9, consists
of about 100 art patrons and community leaders from various parts of the United
States, who sponsor the Museum's program of art exhibitions abroad.
Eighteen dinner parties in various parts of the city will precede the recep tion, which will be held throughout the Museum. Mrs. Bliss Parkinson, President of the Council and Mr. August Heckscher, Chairman, Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, 3rd,
President of the Museum and Mr. Rene* d'Harnoncourt, Director, will receive.
The following representatives are expected:
Australia - H.E. Mr. James Plimsoll
Austria - H.E. Dr. and Mrs. F. Ma*sch
Belgium - H.E. M. Walter Loridan
Burma - H.E. U. Thant and Mrs. Thant
Chile - H.E. Sr. Daniel Schweitzer
Costa Rica - H.E. Dr. Gonzalo Ortiz and SenOra de Ortiz
Cyprus - H.E. Mr. Zenon Rossides
Dahomey - H.E. M. Louis Ignacio-Pinto
El Savador - H.E. Dr. Miguel R. Urquia and SenOra de Urquia
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France - H.E. M. and Mme. Armand Berard
Ghana - H.E. Mr, and Mrs. Alex Quaison-Sackey
Greece - H.E. M. and Mtae. Paul Economou-Gouras
Hungary - H.E. Mr. and Mrs. Petr Mod
India - H.E. Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Jha
Iran - H.E. Dr. and Mme. Mehdi Vakil
Iraq - H.E. Dr. and Mrs. Adrian Pachachi
Ireland - H.E. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Boland
Israel - H.E. Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Comay
Italy - H.E. M. and tone.Egidi o Qrtona
Japan - H.E. Dr. Koto Matsudaira
Lebanon - H.E. M. and ^toe. Georges Hakim
Liberia - H.E. Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Barnes
Luxembourg - H.E. M. and Mne. Maurice Steinmatz
Netherlands - H.E. Mr. and Mrs. C. Schurmann
Nicaragua - H.E. Dr. Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa and SenOra de Sevilla-Sacasa
Nigeria - H.E. Alhaji Muhammad Ngileruma and Alhaja Ngileruma
Pakistan - H.E. Mr. Said Haesan and Begum Hasan
Phillippines - H.E. Dr. and Mrs. Francisco Delgado
Poland - H.E. Mr. and Mrs. Bohdan Lewandowski
Portugal - H.E. Dr. and Mne. Vasco V. Garin
Romania - H.E. M. Silviu Brucan
Sudan - H.E. Mr. Omar Abdel Hamid Adeel N Tunisia - H.E. M. Mo&i Slim
Turkey - H.E. M. and Mne. T. Menemencioglu
United States - H.E. Mr. Adlai Stevenson
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For further information contact Elizabeth Shaw, Publicity Director, Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53 Street, New York 19, N. Y. CI 5-8900.