Documents shown to The New York Times by Italian officials in Rome last week reveal that in May 2003 , Mr. de Montebello told Giuliano Urbani , then Italy 's culture minister , that the museum might be willing to cede title to the 15 pieces of silver if it were allowed to keep the set for 25 more years .
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