[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 23 (Friday, February 2, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 8836]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-2859]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3564]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Vermeer and the Delft School''

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 ``Vermeer and the Delft 
School,'' 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 Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, NY from on or 
about March 5, 2001 to on or about May 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 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: January 24, 2001.
Helena Kane Finn,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, United 
States Department of State.
[FR Doc. 01-2859 Filed 2-1-01; 8:45 am]
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