[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 248 (Thursday, December 27, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 66963]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-31811]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3862]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Surrealism: Desire Unbound''

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], Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 
1978, the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 [112 
Stat. 2681, et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, et seq.], Delegation of 
Authority No. 234 of October 1, 1999 [64 FR 56014], and Delegation of 
Authority No. 236 of October 19, 1999 [64 FR 57920], as amended, I 
hereby determine that the objects to be included in the exhibition, 
``Surrealism: Desire Unbound,'' imported from abroad for temporary 
exhibition within the United States, are of cultural significance. 
These 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, New York, New York, from on 
or about February 4, 2002, to on or about May 12, 2002, and at possible 
additional 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.

    Dated: December 19, 2001.
Patricia S. Harrison,
Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, United States 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 01-31811 Filed 12-26-01; 8:45 am]
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