[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 186 (Thursday, September 25, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 55428]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-24401]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4499]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Hunt for Paradise: Court Arts of Iran, 1501-76''

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 ``Hunt for Paradise: Court Arts of Iran, 1501-76,'' 
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 Asia Society, New 
York, NY, from on or about October 14, 2003, to on or about January 18, 
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 Julianne Simpson, Attorney-
Adviser, Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State, 
(telephone: 202/619-6529). The address is U.S. Department of State, SA-
44, 301 4th Street, SW., Room 700, Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: September 22, 2003.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 03-24401 Filed 9-24-03; 8:45 am]
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