[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 172 (Wednesday, September 7, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53266-53267]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-17805]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 5183]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Memling's Portraits''

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 ``Memling's Portraits,'' 
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 lenders. I also determine that the 
exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at The Frick Collection, 
New York, NY from on or about October 12, 2005 to on or about December 
31, 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.

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Epstein, Attorney-Adviser, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of 
State, (telephone: (202) 453-8048). The address is Department of State, 
SA-44, 301 4th Street, SW., Room 700, Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: August 31, 2005.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
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