[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 248 (Thursday, December 26, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 78850]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-32541]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4239]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition; 
Determinations: ``Manet/Velazquez: The French Taste for Spanish 
Painting''

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 ``Manet/Velazquez: The French 
Taste for Spanish Painting,'' imported from abroad for temporary 
exhibition within the United States, are of cultural significance. The 
objects are imported pursuant to loan agreements with the foreign 
owners. 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 February 24, 2003, to on or about June 8, 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 the exhibit objects, contact Orde F. Kittrie, Attorney-Adviser, 
Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State, (telephone: 202/
401-4779). The address is U.S. Department of State, SA-44, 301 4th 
Street, SW., Room 700, Washington, DC 20547-0001.


    Dated: December 19, 2002.
Patricia S. Harrison,
Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 02-32541 Filed 12-24-02; 8:45 am]
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