[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 166 (Friday, August 25, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 51891]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-21798]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3392]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Utopia: The Search for the Ideal Society in the 
Western World''

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, and Delegation of Authority No. 
236 of October 19, 1999, as amended, I hereby determine that the 
objects to be included in the exhibition ``Utopia: The Search for the 
Ideal Society in the Western World,'' imported from abroad for the 
temporary exhibition without profit within the United States, are of 
cultural significance. The objects are imported pursuant to loan 
agreements with the foreign lenders. I also determine that the 
exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at the New York Public 
Library in New York from on or about October 14, 2000 to on or about 
January 27, 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 the exhibit object, 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: August 18, 2000.
William B. Bader,
Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 00-21798 Filed 8-24-00; 8:45 am]
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