In addition to negotiating agreements between the Government of the United States and other governments for the protection and preservation of certain cultural properties, the Commission has negotiated preliminary agreements with some foreign governments or agencies of foreign governments. The preliminary agreements committed to negotiate full agreements. Preliminary agreements have been entered into with seven countries: Bulgaria, Moldova, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Poland. Agreements have been entered into with all of these other than Poland.

Country:	Date of Signing:	Signed by:	Place:
Bulgaria	11/02/00	U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Stuart E. Eizenstat and Bulgaria Ambassador Philip Dimitrov	Washington
Moldova	9/15/00	Commission Member Irving Stolberg and Moldova Minister of Culture Ghenadie Ciobanu	Chisinau
Boznia & Herzegovina	12/13/99	U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Stuart E. Eizenstat and Bosnia & Herzegovina Ambassador Sven Alkalaj	Washington
Latvia	10/29/98	Commission Members Joseph Halfon and Gary Lavine and Latvia Minister of Culture Ramona Umblija	Riga
Lithuania	06/26/98	Commission Members Phyllis Kaminsky and Warren L. Miller and Lithuania Minister of Culture Saulius Saltenis	Washington
Estonia	06/25/98	Commission Members Joseph Halfon and Gary Lavine and Estonia Minister of Culture Jaak Allik	Washington
Poland	03/12/96	Commission Chairman Michael Lewan and Poland Secretary General of the Council for the Protection of Memory of Combat and Martyrdom Andrzej Przewoznik	Warsaw