PUBLIC SCHEDULE OF ATTORNEY GENERAL JOHN ASHCROFT
ON TRAVEL IN FRANCE

WASHINGTON, D.C.- Attorney General John Ashcroft will travel to France from May 4-6, 2003. The Attorney General will attend the G8 Ministers of Justice and Home Affairs Meeting in Paris on May 5, 2003. The following day, the Attorney General will attend the Interpol Conference on Stolen Iraqi Art and Antiquities in Lyons, France and deliver remarks at 10:30 a.m. CEST (4:30 a.m. EDT).

WHO: U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft

WHAT: Remarks to Interpol Conference on Stolen Iraqi Art and Antiquities

WHEN: Tuesday, May 6, 2003

10:30 a.m. CEST (Central European Summer Time) = 4:30 a.m. EDT

WHERE: Interpol General Secretariat

Conference Room (ground floor)

200 Quai Charles de Gaulle, Lyons 6, France

NOTE: For security reasons, media representatives wishing to attend the open session must contact the Interpol press office beforehand by email -- press@interpol.int. This email notification must include names of all journalists, cameramen and producers wishing to attend, and their passport and/or French residency card numbers. The deadline for accreditation is noon Monday, May 5.

Media representatives must carry with them press credentials and passport and/or French residency cards when they arrive. They will be expected to pass through security procedures at the Interpol entrance.

For additional questions concerning the Attorney General’s visit to France contact the Public Affairs Office at the American Embassy at 011-33-1-43-12-22-22.

More general information on Interpol can be found at <http://www.interpol.int/>.

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