[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 157 (Friday, August 14, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 43753]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-21924]


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UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``New York Begins: A Rare Drawing of New Amsterdam (c. 
1650-54)''

AGENCY: United States Information Agency.

ACTION: Notice.

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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 F.R. 13359, March 29, 1978), and Delegation Order No. 85-5 of June 
27, 1985 (50 F.R. 27393, July 2, 1985). I hereby determine that the 
objects on the list specified below, to be included in the exhibit, 
``New York Begins: A Rare Drawing of New Amsterdam,'' 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 
Museum of the City of New York, in New York, New York, from on or about 
September 19, 1998, to on or about November 29, 1998, is in the 
national interest. Public Notice of these determinations is ordered to 
be published in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jacqueline Caldwell, Assistant General Counsel, Office of the General 
Counsel, 202/619-6982, and the address is Room 700, U.S. Information 
Agency, 301 4th Street, SW., Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: August 10, 1998.
Les Jin,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 98-21924 Filed 8-13-98; 8:45 am]
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