[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 72 (Thursday, April 15, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19668-19669]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-8638]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 6955]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``From Xanadu to Dadu: The World of Khubilai Khan''

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: 
Pursuant to

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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, Delegation of Authority No. 236 of October 19, 
1999, as amended, and Delegation of Authority No. 257 of April 15, 2003 
[68 FR 19875], I hereby determine that the objects to be included in 
the exhibition ``From Xanadu to Dadu: The World of Khubilai Khan,'' 
imported from abroad for temporary exhibition within the United States, 
are of cultural significance. The objects are imported pursuant to a 
loan agreement with the foreign owners or custodians. I also determine 
that the exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at The 
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, from on or about September 
28, 2010, until on or about January 2, 2011, and at possible additional 
exhibitions or venues yet to be determined, is in the national 
interest. I have ordered that Public Notice of these Determinations be 
published in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, including a 
list of the exhibit objects, contact Julie Simpson, Attorney-Adviser, 
Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State (telephone: 202-
632-6467). The mailing address is U.S. Department of State, SA-5, L/PD, 
Fifth Floor (Suite 5H03), Washington, DC 20522-0505.

    Dated: April 8, 2010.
Maura M. Pally,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Professional and Cultural Exchanges, 
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State.
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