[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 3 (Monday, January 6, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 598]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-198]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4142]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Thomas Gainsborough, 1727-1788''

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 ``Thomas Gainsborough, 1727-
1788,'' 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 National Gallery of 
Art, Washington, DC, from on or about February 9, 2003 to on or about 
May 11, 2003; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, from on or about 
June 15, 2003 to on or about September 14, 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 20, 2002.
Miller Crouch,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, 
Department of State.
[FR Doc. 03-198 Filed 1-3-03; 8:45 am]
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