[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 218 (Friday, November 12, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 65491]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-25296]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 4890]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Saint John the Baptist'' and ``Saint Onuphrius''

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, 
``Saint John the Baptist'' and ``Saint Onuphrius,'' 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 owner. I also determine that the exhibition 
or display of the exhibit objects as part of the European Paintings 
Galleries of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, from on or 
about November 15, 2004, to on or about April 6, 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 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: November 8, 2004.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 04-25296 Filed 11-10-04; 8:45 am]
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