[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 162 (Thursday, August 21, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 50570]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-21573]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4454]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: Cultural Artifacts From Iraq

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 
historic and modern books, documents, parchment scrolls, and other 
items discovered in early May 2003 in the basement of the Mukhabahrat 
in Baghdad, most of which pertain to the Jewish community, imported 
from abroad for temporary exhibition in the United States, including 
restoration necessary thereto, are of cultural significance. The 
objects are imported pursuant to an agreement with the foreign owner or 
custodian. I also determine that their temporary exhibition or display 
by the National Archives and Records Administration, or another 
educational or cultural institution, 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 
available descriptive materials, contact Lorie J. Nierenberg, Assistant 
Legal Adviser for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, Office of the 
Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State (telephone: (202) 619-5078). 
The address is U.S. Department of State, SA-44, 301 4th Street, SW., 
Room 700, Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: August 18, 2003
Patricia S. Harrison,
Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 03-21573 Filed 8-20-03; 8:45 am]
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