[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 245 (Friday, December 20, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 78036]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-32123]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4233]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Matisse Picasso''

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 (64 FR 56014), and Delegation of 
Authority No. 236 of October 19, 1999 (64 FR 57920), as amended, I 
hereby determine that the objects to be included in the exhibition, 
``Matisse Picasso,'' imported from abroad for temporary exhibition 
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 
Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York, from on or about February 12, 
2003, to on or about May 19, 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, including a 
list of exhibit objects, contact Paul W. Manning, Attorney-Adviser, 
Office of the Legal Adviser, 202/619-5997, and the address is United 
States Department of State, SA-44, Room 700, 301 4th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: December 12, 2002.
Miller Crouch,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 02-32123 Filed 12-19-02; 8:45 am]
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