[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 135 (Thursday, July 13, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 43390]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-17746]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3362]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: `` `La Divine Comtesse,' Photographs of the Countess de 
Castiglione''

AGENCY: 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 `` `La Divine Comtesse,' 
Photographs of the Countess de Castiglione,'' 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 Metropolitan Museum of Art, 
New York, NY from on about September 18, 2000 to on or about December 
31, 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: June 26, 2000.
William B. Bader,
Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 00-17746 Filed 7-12-00; 8:45 am]
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