[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 11 (Tuesday, January 18, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 2668]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-1077]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3205]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Music in the Age of Confucius''

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 of 
October 19, 1999, I hereby determine that the objects to be included in 
the exhibition ``Music in the Age of Confucius,'' 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 Smithsonian's, 
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, from on or about 
April 30 to September 17, 2000, 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.
[FR Doc. 00-1077 Filed 1-14-00; 8:45 am]
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