Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition; Determinations: ``Masterpieces of Korean Ceramics from the Museum of Oriental Ceramics, Osaka''

[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.
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