[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 177 (Wednesday, September 11, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 48003]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-23162]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition; 
Determinations

    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 (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 on the 
list specified below, to be included in the exhibit, ``Queen Nefertiti 
and the Royal Women: Images of Beauty from Ancient Egypt'' (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 exhibition or display of the listed exhibit 
objects at the Metropolitan Museum of Art from on or about October 7, 
1996, through February 2, 1997, is in the national interest. Public 
Notice of these determinations is ordered to be published in the 
Federal Register.

    \1\ A copy of this list may be obtained by contacting Ms. Neila 
Sheahan, Assistant General Counsel, at 202/619-5030, and the address 
is Room 700, U.S. Information Agency, 301 4th Street, S.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20547-0001.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Dated: September 5, 1996.
Les Jin,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 96-23162 Filed 9-10-96; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 8230-01-M