# Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: “Kandinsky and Abstraction in Russia”
**AGENCY:**
United States Department of State.
**ACTION:**
Notice
**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 No. 236 of October 19, 1999, as amended, I hereby determine that the objects to be included in the exhibition “Kandinsky and Abstraction in Russia,” imported from abroad for the temporary exhibition without profit within the United States, are of cultural significance. The objects are imported pursuant to a loan agreement with the foreign lender. I also determine that the exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at the Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico, from on or about March 3, 2001 to on or about May 14, 2001, 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 the exhibit objects, contact Carol 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: February 8, 2001.
Helena Kane Finn,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, United States Department of State.