[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 148 (Friday, August 1, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 41483]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20356]


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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 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, ``The Private Collection of Edgar Degas'' (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 22, 1997, through January 11, 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. Carol 
Epstein, Assistant General Counsel, at 202/619-6981, 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 25, 1997.
Les Jin,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 97-20356 Filed 7-31-97; 8:45 am]
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