[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 15 (Friday, January 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 3617]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-1605]


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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 ``Augustin Pajou, Royal Sculptor'' (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 loan agreements 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 on or about February 23, 1998, to on or about May 24, 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. Lorie 
Nierenberg, Assistant General Counsel, at 202/619-6084, and the 
address is Room 700, U.S. Information Agency, 301 Fourth Street, 
SW., Washington, DC 20547-0001.
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    Dated: January 20, 1998.
Les Jin,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 98-1605 Filed 1-22-98; 8:45 am]
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