[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 5 (Friday, January 7, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1219-1220]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-407]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 3197]
Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition;
Determinations: ``Masterpieces of Korean Ceramics from the Museum of
Oriental Ceramics, Osaka''
AGENCY: 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 of
October 19, 1999, I hereby determine that the objects to be included in
the exhibition ``Masterpieces of Korean Ceramics from the Museum of
Oriental Ceramics, Osaka'' imported from abroad for the temporary
exhibition without profit within the United States, are of cultural
significance. These objects are imported pursuant to loan agreements
with foreign lenders. I also determine that the exhibition or display
of the exhibit objects at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
City, from on or about January 25, to on or about June 4, 2000, 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 Carol B. 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, D.C. 20547-0001.
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Dated: December 22, 1999.
William B. Bader,
Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of
State.
[FR Doc. 00-407 Filed 1-6-00; 8:45 am]
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