[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 203 (Thursday, October 21, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 61893]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-23589]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4874]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Iraq and China: Ceramics and Innovation''

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, 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 ``Iraq and China: Ceramics and Innovation,'' 
imported from abroad for temporary exhibition within the United States, 
are of cultural significance. The objects are imported pursuant to a 
loan agreement with the foreign owners. I also determine that the 
exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at the Arthur M. Sackler 
Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, from on or about 
December 4, 2004, to on or about April 24, 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 Carol B. Epstein, Attorney-
Adviser, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State (telephone: 
(202) 619-6981). The address is Department of State, SA-44, 301 4th 
Street, SW., Room 700, Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: October 12, 2004.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 04-23589 Filed 10-20-04; 8:45 am]
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