[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 239 (Tuesday, December 12, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 77688]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-31622]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3501]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition; 
Determinations: ``The Ancient (circa. CE 224-641) Coins and History of 
the Zoroastrian (Pre-Islamic) Sassanian Dynasty of Iran''

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 ``The Ancient (circa. CE 224-
641) Coins and History of the Zoroastrian (Pre-Islamic) Sassanian 
Dynasty of Iran,'' imported from abroad for the temporary exhibition 
without profit within the United States, are of cultural significance. 
The objects are imported pursuant to a loan agreement with the foreign 
lender. I also determine that the exhibition or display of the exhibit 
objects at the Seventh World Zoroastrian Congress in Houston, Texas 
from on or about December 28, 2000 to on or about January 1, 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 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, SW., Room 700, Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: December 3, 2000.
William B. Bader,
Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 00-31622 Filed 12-11-00; 8:45 am]
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