[Federal Register: December 8, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 235)]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3168]

 
Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Salvador Dali: Optical Illusions''

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 ``Salvador Dali: Optical Illusions,'' 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 The Wadsworth 
Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut from January 20 to March 26, 2000, and 
the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C., from April 
19 to June 18, 2000, and 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, S.W., Room 700, Washington, D.C. 20547-0001.

    Dated: November 24, 1999.
William B. Bader,
Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, U.S. 
Department of State.
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