[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 151 (Friday, August 4, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 48040]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-19830]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3381]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``The Still Lifes of Evaristo Baschenis: The Music of 
Silence''

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 of 
October 19, 1999, as amended, I hereby determine that the objects to be 
included in the exhibition ``The Still Lifes of Evaristo Baschenis: The 
Music of Silence'' 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 November 
20, 2000 thru March 4, 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 Jacqueline Caldwell, Attorney-Adviser, 
Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State (telephone: 202/
619-6982). The address is U.S. Department of State, SA-44; 301--4th 
Street, SW., Room 700, Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: July 25, 2000.
Helena Kane Finn,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 00-19830 Filed 8-3-00; 8:45 am]
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