[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 8 (Wednesday, January 12, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1939-1940]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-741]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3199]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition; 
Determinations: Painting Revolution: Kandinsky, Malevich and the 
Russian Avant Garde

DEPARTMENT: United States Department of State.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: 
Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 
(79 Stat. 985, 22 U.S.C. 2459), the Foreign Affairs Reform and 
Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 2681, et seq.), Delegation of 
Authority No. 234 of October 1, 1999, and Delegation of Authority No. 
236 of October 19, 1999, as amended, I hereby determine that the 
objects to be included in the exhibition ``Painting Revolution: 
Kandinsky, Malevich and the Russian Avant Garde'' imported from abroad 
for the temporary exhibition without profit within the United States, 
are of cultural significance. These objects are imported pursuant to 
loan agreements with foreign lenders. I also determine that the 
exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at the Phoenix Art Museum 
from on or about April 1, 2000 to on or about June 30, 2000; at the 
Chicago Cultural Center from on or about July 22, 2000 to on or about 
October 8, 2000; at the Portland Art Museum from on or about November 
1, 2000 to on or about January 20, 2001 and at the Frederick R. Weisman 
Art Museum, Minneapolis, from on or about February 1, 2001 to on or 
about March 31, 2001, is in the national interest. Public Notice of 
these determinations is ordered to be published in the Federal 
Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, including a 
description of the exhibit object, contact Jacqueline H. Caldwell, 
Attorney-Adviser, Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State 
(telephone:

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202/619-6982). The address is U.S. Department of State, SA-44; 301-4th 
Street, S.W., Room 700, Washington, D.C. 20547-0001.

    Dated: January 6, 2000.
William B. Bader,
Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, U.S. Department of State.
[FR Doc. 00-741 Filed 1-11-00; 8:45 am]
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