[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 14, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 2174]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-794]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4585]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition; 
Determinations: ``Splendors of China's Forbidden City: The Glorious 
Reign of Emperor Qianlong''

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, I 
hereby determine that the objects to be included in the exhibition 
``Splendors of China's Forbidden City: The Glorious Reign of Emperor 
Qianlong,'' 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 owner and/or custodian. I 
also determine that the exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at 
the Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois, from on or about March 12, 2004, 
to on or about September 12, 2004, the Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, 
Texas, from on or about November 21, 2004, to on or about May 29, 2005, 
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 Walter Sulzynsky, Attorney-
Adviser, 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: January 7, 2004.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 04-794 Filed 1-13-04; 8:45 am]
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