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Tue 11 Nov 2009'If I told you, I'd have to shoot you'
Michael Ryan, the director of the Chester Beatty Library, which houses the country’s most valuable collection, tells ROSITA BOLANDabout its impressive contents – just don’t ask him how much it’s worth
‘I WOULDN’T TELL you that. I’d have to shoot you if I did. It’s a security matter.” Michael Ryan, the director of the Chester Beatty Library, smiles avuncularly as he makes this forthright statement.
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