[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 114 (Friday, June 13, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 32405]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-15583]


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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 F.R. 
13359, March 29, 1978), and Delegation Order No. 85-5 of June 27, 1985 
(50 F.R. 27393, July 2, 1985), I hereby determine that the objects to 
be included in the exhibit, ``Revealing an Ancient Message: A Synagogue 
Mosaic from Sepphoris'' (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 Fine Arts 
Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, California from on or about 
May 17, 1997 to on or about August 10, 1997, and at the Knoxville 
Museum of Art, Knoxville, Tennessee, September 27, 1997 to on or about 
January 4, 1998, 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 Fourth Street, S.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20547-0001.
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    Dated: June 9, 1997.
Les Jin,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 97-15583 Filed 6-12-97; 8:45 am]
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