Amongst the several points in his long and detailed response to mine:

>On Thu, 1 May 1997, Antony F Anderson wrote:

> Subject: RE: staff code of ethics
>
> I maintain that a prudent course of action for the City of Toulouse -
> consistent with following the ICOM Code - would have been
> to mothball plans for a donation until all ownership issues had
> been definitively settled in the Spanish Courts. However the City
> thought differently and went ahead with the donation.

Of course I agree that this is the proper course of action for a
museum to take while ownership is contested in the courts (or uncertain in
any other way).

Patrick Boylan