[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 11 (Tuesday, January 18, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2668-2669]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-1076]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3205]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``The Topkapi Palace: Jewels and Treasures of the 
Sultans''

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

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Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 2681, et seq.), Delegation of 
Authority No. 234 of October 1, 1999, and Delegation of Authority of 
October 19, 1999, I hereby determine that the objects to be included in 
the exhibition ``The Topkapi Palace: Jewels and Treasures of the 
Sultans,'' 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 Corcoran Gallery of Art, the San Diego Museum of Art and the 
Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art from on or about March 1, 2000, to on or 
about October 15, 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 
list of exhibit objects, contact Carol Epstein, Attorney-Adviser, 
Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State (telephone: 202-
619-6981). The address is U.S. Department of State, SA-44; 301-4th 
Street, S.W., Room 700, Washington, D.C. 20547-0001.

    Dated: January 9, 2000.
William B. Bader,
Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. 
Department of State.
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