[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 158 (Friday, August 15, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 48984]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-20923]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4447]


Determination Pursuant to Section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224 
Relating to the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK)

    Acting under the authority of section 1(b) of Executive Order 13224 
of September 23, 2001, as amended by Executive Order 13286 of July 2, 
2002, and Executive Order 13284 of January 23, 2003, and in 
consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, the Attorney General, 
and the Secretary of Homeland Security, I hereby determine that the MEK 
uses or has used as aliases the names ``National Council of 
Resistance'' (``NCR''), and ``National Council of Resistance of Iran'' 
(``NCRI''). I hereby amend the October 31, 2001, designation of the 
Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK and other aliases) to add the following names as 
aliases of MEK:

``National Council of Resistance'' (``NCR'') (including its U.S. 
representative office and all other offices worldwide); and
``National Council of Resistance of Iran'' (``NCRI'') (including its 
U.S. representative office and all other offices worldwide).

    I also hereby clarify that the October 31, 2001 designation of the 
People's Mujahedin Organization of Iran, a.k.a. PMOI, as aliases of the 
MEK includes its U.S. representative office and all other offices 
worldwide.
    Consistent with the determination in section 10 of Executive Order 
13224 that ``prior notice to persons determined to be subject to the 
Order who might have a constitutional presence in the United States 
would render ineffectual the blocking and other measures authorized in 
the Order because of the ability to transfer funds instantaneously,'' I 
determine that no prior notice need be provided to any person subject 
to this determination who might have a constitutional presence in the 
United States, because to do so would render ineffectual the measures 
authorized in the Order.
    This notice shall be published in the Federal Register.

    Dated: August 9, 2003.
Colin L. Powell,
Secretary of State, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 03-20923 Filed 8-13-03; 5 pm]
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