[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 189 (Friday, September 28, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49736-49737]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-24393]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3790 TE]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Splendid Isolation: The Art of Easter Island''

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 (64 FR 56014), Delegation of 
Authority No. 236 of October 19, 1999 (64 FR 57920), as amended by 
Delegation of Authority No. 236-3 of August 28, 2000 (65 FR 53795), and 
Delegation of Authority dated June 29, 2001, I hereby determine that 
the objects to be included in the exhibit, ``Splendid Isolation: The 
Art of Easter Island,'' imported from abroad for the temporary 
exhibition without profit within the United States, are of cultural 
significance. These objects are imported pursuant to a loan agreement 
with a foreign lender. I also determine that the temporary exhibition 
or display of the exhibit objects at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 
New York, New York, from on or about December 12, 2001, to on or about 
August 4, 2002, and other possible venues yet to be determined, 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 exhibit objects, contact Paul W. Manning, Attorney-Adviser, 
Office of the Legal Adviser, 202/619-5997, and the address is United 
States Department of State, SA-44, Room 700, 301 4th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20547-0001.


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    Dated: September 24, 2001.
Helena Kane Finn,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, United 
States Department of State.
[FR Doc. 01-24393 Filed 9-27-01; 8:45 am]
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