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No. J+9A FOR RELEASE: Tuesday, May 9, 1961

To: City Editors Photo Assignment Editors

permanent Representatives to the 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.