[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 146 (Wednesday, July 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 40885]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20060]


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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 on 
the list specified below, to be included in the exhibit, ``Picasso: The 
Engraver, Selections from the Musee Picasso, Paris'' (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 September 15, 1997, 
through December 21, 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 Mr. Paul 
Manning, Assistant General Counsel, at 202/619-5997, and the address 
is Room 700, U.S. Information Agency, 301 4th Street, S.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20547-0001.
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    Dated: July 24, 1997.
Les Jin,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 97-20060 Filed 7-29-97; 8:45 am]
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