[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 85 (Monday, May 4, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 24591]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-11712]


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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 my 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, ``Songs on Stone: James McNeill Whistler and 
the Art of Lithography,'' (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 foreign lenders. I also determine that the exhibition 
or display of the listed exhibit objects at The Art Institute of 
Chicago from June 6 to August 30, 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. The address is 
U.S. Information Agency, 301 4th Street, SW., Room 700, Washington, 
DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: April 28, 1998.
Les Jin,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 98-11712 Filed 5-1-98; 8:45 am]
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