[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 162 (Friday, August 21, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 44958]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-22519]



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UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Royal Persian Paintings: The Qajar Epoch 1785-1925''

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 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 on the list specified below, to be included in the exhibit, 
``Royal Persian Paintings: The Qajar Epoch 1785-1925,'' 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 
Brooklyn Museum of Art, in New York, New York, from on or about October 
23, 1998, to on or about January 24, 1999, and at the Armand Hammer 
Museum of Art and Cultural Center, Los Angeles, California, from on or 
about February 24, 1999, to on or about May 9, 1999, 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 18, 1998.
Les Jin,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 98-22519 Filed 8-20-98; 8:45 am]
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