[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 212 (Monday, November 3, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59384-59385]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-29021]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy


Survey of United States Ownership of Foreign Long-Term Securities 
as of December 31, 1997

agency: Department Offices, Department of the Treasury.

action: Notice of reporting requirements.

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summary: By this Notice, the Department of the Treasury is informing 
the public that it is conducting a mandatory survey of the ownership of 
foreign long-term securities by United States residents as of December 
31, 1997. This Notice constitutes legal notification to all United 
States persons (defined below) who meet the reporting requirements set 
forth in this Notice that they must respond to, and comply with, this 
survey. United States persons who meet the reporting requirements but 
who do not receive a set of the survey forms and instructions should 
contact the Department of the Treasury at (202) 622-2240 to obtain a 
copy.
    Definition: A U.S. person is any individual, branch, partnership, 
associated group, association, estate, trust, corporation, or other 
organization (whether or not organized under the

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laws of any State), and any government (including a foreign government, 
the United States Government, a state, provincial, or local government, 
and any agency, corporation, financial institution, or other entity or 
instrumentality thereof, including a government-sponsored agency), who 
resides in the United States or is subject to the jurisdiction of the 
United States.
    Who Must Report: The following U.S. persons must report on this 
survey:

--U.S. persons who manage as custodians the safekeeping of foreign 
long-term securities (as specified below) for United States persons. 
These U.S. persons, who include the affiliates in the United States of 
foreign entities, must report on this survey if the total market value 
of the foreign long-term securities whose safekeeping they manage on 
behalf of U.S. persons--aggregated over all accounts and for all 
branches and affiliates of their firm--is $20 million or more as of 
December 31, 1997.
--U.S. persons who own foreign long-term securities, if the total 
market value of their securities owned is $20 million or more as of 
December 31, 1997.

    What To Report: The survey will measure U.S. holdings of all 
foreign equity securities, and all foreign debt securities with an 
original term-to-maturity in excess of one year.
    How To Report: Copies of the survey forms and instructions, which 
contain complete information on reporting procedures, can be obtained 
by contacting the survey staff at (202) 622-2240.
    When To Report: Data should be submitted to the Department of the 
Treasury by March 31, 1998.

    Dated: October 22, 1997.
Robert Gillingham,
Deputy Assistant Secretary Policy Coordination.
[FR Doc. 97-29021 Filed 10-31-97; 8:45 am]
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