[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 172 (Friday, September 5, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 52810]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-22635]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4468]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Prokofiev and his Contemporaries: The Impact of 
Soviet Culture''

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, Delegation of Authority No. 236 
of October 19, 1999, as amended, and Delegation of Authority No. 257 of 
April 15, 2003 [68 FR 19875], I hereby determine that the objects to be 
included in the exhibition ``Prokofiev and his Contemporaries: The 
Impact of Soviet Culture,'' 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 New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New 
York, NY from on or about October 15, 2003 until on or about January 
10, 2004, 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 the Office of the Legal Adviser, 
U.S. Department of State, (telephone: 202/619-6982). The address is 
U.S. Department of State, SA-44, 301 4th Street, SW., Room 700, 
Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: August 29, 2003.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 03-22635 Filed 9-4-03; 8:45 am]
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