[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 190 (Wednesday, October 1, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 51508]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25958]


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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, ``Filippino Lippi and His Circle'' (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, New York, New York, from 
approximately October 28, 1997 through January 11, 1998, 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 Ms. Carol 
Epstein, Attorney Advisor, at 202/619-6981, and the address is Room 
700, U.S. Information Agency, 301 4th Street, S.W., Washington, DC 
20547-0001.
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    Dated: September 24, 1997.
Les Jin,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 97-25958 Filed 9-30-97; 8:45 am]
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