[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 64 (Monday, April 3, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 17548]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-8051]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition; 
Determinations: ``The Forgotten Friezes From the Castle of Velez 
Blanco''

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 Delegation of 
Authority No. 236-1 of November 9, 1999, I hereby determine that the 
objects to be included in the exhibit, ``The Forgotten Friezes from the 
Castle of Velez Blanco,'' imported from abroad for the temporary 
exhibition without profit within the United States, are of cultural 
significance. These objects are imported pursuant to a loan agreement 
with the foreign lender. I also determine that the temporary exhibition 
or display of the exhibit objects at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 
New York, NY, from on or about May 11, 2000, to on or about January 7, 
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 Paul W. Manning, Attorney-Adviser, 
Office of the Legal Adviser, 202/619-5997, and the address is Room 700, 
United States Department of State, 301 4th Street, SW, Washington, DC 
20547-0001.

    Dated: March 24, 2000.
William B. Bader,
Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, United States 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 00-8051 Filed 3-31-00; 8:45 am]
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