[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 95 (Friday, May 16, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 26680]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-12295]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4367]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Manet and the American Civil War: The Battle of the 
`Kearsarge' and the `Alabama' ''

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 and the American Civil 
War: The Battle of the `Kearsarge' and the `Alabama','' 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, from on or about June 2, 2003 until on or about August 17, 
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: May 12, 2003.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 03-12295 Filed 5-15-03; 8:45 am]
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