[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 48 (Friday, March 10, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13071-13072]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-5923]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3246]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Golden Years of Faberge: Objects and Drawings From 
the Wigstrom Workshop''

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 (64 FR 56014), and Delegation of 
Authority No. 236 of October 19, 1999, as amended by

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Delegation of Authority No. 236-1 of November 9, 1999, I hereby 
determine that the objects to be included in the exhibition ``Golden 
Years of Faberge: Objects and Drawings from the Wigstrom Workshop,'' 
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 
A La Vieille Russie Gallery, New York, NY from on or about April 12, 
2000 to on or about May 19, 2000, and at the New Orleans Museum of Art, 
from on or about June 17, 2000 to on or about August 20, 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 Paul Manning, Attorney-Adviser, Office 
of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State (telephone: 202/619-
5997). The address is U.S. Department of State, SA-44, 301 4th Street, 
S.W., Room 700, Washington, D.C. 20547-0001.

    Dated: March 6, 2000.
William B. Bader,
Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, United States 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 00-5923 Filed 3-9-00; 8:45 am]
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