[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 188 (Friday, September 27, 2002)]
[Notices]
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Culturally Significant Object Imported for Exhibition Determinations: 
``Nomadic Art of Eastern Eurasian Steppes'' and ``Virtue and Violence: 
Portrayals of Lucretia and Achilles by Giuseppe Cades''; Notice

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4144]


Culturally Significant Object Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Nomadic Art of the Eastern Eurasian Steppes''

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), 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 ``Nomadic Art of the Eastern 
Eurasian Steppes,'' 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 owners. I also 
determine that the exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at The 
Metropolitan Museum of Art, from on or about September 30, 2002 to on 
or about January 5, 2003, 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 Orde 
F. Kittrie, Attorney-Adviser, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department 
of State, (telephone: 202/619-5078). The address is Department of 
State, SA-44, 301 4th Street, SW., Room 700, Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: September 24, 2002.
Patricia Harrison,
Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of 
State.
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