[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 195 (Friday, October 6, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 59883]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-25975]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3439]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Dresden Green Diamond''

AGENCY: U.S. 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 
Dresden Green Diamond, imported from abroad for the temporary 
exhibition without profit within the United States, is of cultural 
significance. The object is imported pursuant to loan agreements with 
the foreign lender. I also determine that the exhibition or display of 
the object at the Harry Winston Research Foundation, Inc., New York, 
New York, on October 11, 2000, and at the National Museum of Natural 
History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, from on or about 
October 12, 2000, to on or about January 15, 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, contact Lorie 
J. Nierenberg, Assistant Legal Adviser for Public Diplomacy and Public 
Affairs, U.S. Department of State (telephone: 202/619-5078). The 
address is U.S. Department of State, SA-44, 301-4th Street, SW., Room 
700, Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: October 3, 2000.
William B. Bader,
Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 00-25975 Filed 10-5-00; 8:45 am]
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