[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 111 (Monday, June 10, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39782-39783]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-14530]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4045]


Culturally Significant Object Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Glimpses of the Silk Road: Central Asia in the First 
Millennium A.D.''

AGENCY: Department of State.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the following determinations: 
Pursuant to

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the authority vested in me by the Act of October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 
985; 22 U.S.C. 2459), Executive Order 12047 of March 27, 1978, the 
Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 2681, 
et seq.; 22 U.S.C. 6501 note, 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 ``Glimpses of the Silk Road: Central Asia in the First 
Millennium A.D.,'' imported from abroad for temporary exhibition within 
the United States, are of cultural significance. The objects are 
imported pursuant to a loan agreement with the foreign owner. I also 
determine that the exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at The 
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY from on or about June 15, 2002 
to on or about July 2005, and at possible additional venues yet to be 
determined, 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, contact Carol 
B. Epstein, Attorney-Adviser, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department 
of State, (telephone: 202/619-6981). The address is Department of 
State, SA-44, 301 4th Street, SW., Room 700, Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: June 3, 2002.
Patricia S. Harrison,
Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 02-14530 Filed 6-7-02; 8:45 am]
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