[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 147 (Friday, July 31, 1998)] [Notices] [Page 40950] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 98-20619] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determination: ``The Cave of the Warrior'' AGENCY: United States Information Agency. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: 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 twenty-five cultural objects to be included in the exhibit History in New York, imported from abroad for temporary exhibition without profit within the United States, is of cultural significance. These objects are imported pursuant to a loan agreement with the foreign lenders. I also determine that the exhibition of display of these objects for ``The Cave of the Warrior'' at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, N.Y. from on or about July 31, 1998 to on or about December 19, 1998, is in the national interest. The action of the United States in this matter and the immunity based on the application of the provisions of the law involved does not imply any view of the United States concerning the ownership of these exhibition objects. Further, it is not based upon and does not represent any change in the position of the United States occupied by Israel since 1967. See letter of September 22, 1978, of President Jimmy Carter, attached to the Camp David Accords, reprinted in 78 Dept. State Bulletin 11 (October 1978); Statement of September 1, 1982 of President Ronald Reagan, reprinted in 82 Dept. of State Bulletin 23 (September 1982).'' Public Notice of these determinations is ordered to be published in the Federal Register. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carol B. Epstein, Assistant General Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, 202/619-6981, and the address is Room 700, U.S. Information Agency, 301 4th Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20547-0001. Dated: July 29, 1998. Les Jin, General Counsel. [FR Doc. 98-20619 Filed 7-30-98; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8230-01-M