[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 180 (Monday, September 18, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 48201]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-23012]



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UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY

Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determination

    Notice is hereby given of the following determination: 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 (43 FR 
13359, March 29, 1978), and Delegation Order No. 85-5 of June 27, 1985 
(50 FR 27393, July 2, 1985), I hereby determine that the objects to be 
included in the exhibit, ``Splendors of Imperial China: Treasures from 
the National Palace Museum, Taipei'' (See list \1\), imported from 
abroad for the temporary exhibition without profit within the United 
States, are of cultural significance. These objects are imported 
pursuant to a loan agreement with the foreign lenders. I also determine 
that the temporary exhibition or display of the listed exhibit objects 
at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York on or about March 
12, 1996 through May 19, 1996, at The Art Institute of Chicago, 
Chicago, Illinois on or about June 28, 1996 through August 25, 1996, at 
the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, California on or 
about October 14, 1996 through December 8, 1996, and at the National 
Gallery of Art, Washington, DC on or about January 27, 1997 through 
April 6, 1997 is in the national interest. Public Notice of this 
determination is ordered to be published in the Federal Register.

    \1\ A copy of this list may be obtained by contacting Mr. Paul 
W. Manning of the Office of the General Counsel of USIA. The 
telephone number is 202 619-5997, and the address is room 700, U.S. 
Information Agency, 301 Fourth Street, SW., Washington, DC 20547.
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    Dated: September 11, 1995.
Les Jin,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 95-23012 Filed 9-15-95; 8:45 am]
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