[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 12 (Tuesday, January 20, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3014-3015]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-1265]


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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),

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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, ``Ancient Gold: The Wealth of the Thracians, Treasures from 
the Republic of Bulgaria'' (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 lender. I also determine that the exhibition 
or display of the listed exhibit objects at Saint Louis Art Museum, 
Saint Louis, MO, from on or about February 5, 1998, to on or about 
April 5, 1998; Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX, from on or about May 
3, 1998, to on or about July 19, 1998; California Palace of the Legion 
of Honor, San Francisco, CA, from on or about July 31, 1998, to on or 
about October 25, 1998; New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA, 
from on or about October 31, 1998, to on or about January 31, 1999; 
Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN, from on or about January 17, 
1999, to on or about March 28, 1999; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, 
from on or about April 2, 1999, to on or about June 7, 1999; The 
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI, from on or about June 19, 1999, 
to on or about August 29, 1999, 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

    Dated: January 14, 1998.
Les Jin,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 98-1265 Filed 1-16-98; 8:45 am]
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