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Dag Hammerskjold, to hang at the end of a long corridor at the U. N., where I thought it would look superb, but Dag Hammerskjold didn't like it and later proposed that I give them a Picasso tapestry instead. I was trapped by this offer, so I gave it. It now hangs outside the Security Council of the U. N. Very expensive.

Next time, I'll talk about the other artists and the Kennedy Center. I'll have to make an outline about the Kennedy Center. It's not to be believed, what we went through. And it isn't finished yet. I've had more frustration with that --





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