[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 243 (Monday, December 18, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79148-79149]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-32145]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3511]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``William Blake''

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 ``William Blake,'' 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 lenders. I also determine 
that the exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at The 
Metropolitan Museum of

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Art, in New York, NY, from on or about March 26, 2001 to on or about 
June 24, 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 Carol Epstein, Attorney-Adviser, 
Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State, (telephone: 202/
619-6981). The address is U.S. Department of State, SA-44, 301 4th 
Street, SW., Room 700, Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: December 8, 2000.
William B. Bader,
Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 00-32145 Filed 12-15-00; 8:45 am]
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