[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 1 (Wednesday, January 2, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 220]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-25519]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 6049]


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures From the National 
Museum, Kabul''

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 ``Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures from the 
National Museum, Kabul'', 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 or 
custodians. I also determine that the exhibition or display of the 
exhibit objects at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC from on 
or about May 25, 2008, until on or about September 7, 2008; the Asian 
Art Museum of San Francisco from on or about October 17, 2008, to on or 
about January 25, 2009; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, from on or 
about February 22, 2009, to on or about May 17, 2009: and The 
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from on or about June 15, 2009, 
to on or about September 20, 2009, and at possible additional 
exhibitions or 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, U.S. Department of State 
(telephone: 202/453-8048). The address is U.S. Department of State, SA-
44, 301 4th Street, SW., Room 700, Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: December 19, 2007.
C. Miller Crouch,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural 
Affairs, Department of State.
 [FR Doc. E7-25519 Filed 12-31-07; 8:45 am]
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