[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 178 (Tuesday, September 15, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 49381]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-24696]


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UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Structure and Surface: Contemporary Japanese 
Textiles''

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 to be included in the exhibit, ``Structure and Surface: 
Contemporary Japanese Textiles'' (see list), 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 objects at The Museum of Modern Art from on or 
about November 11, 1998 through on or about January 26, 1999, and The 
Saint Louis Art Museum and other venues in the United States yet to be 
determined, is in the national interest.
    Public Notice of these Determinations is ordered to be published in 
the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carol 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: September 9, 1998.
Les Jin,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 98-24696 Filed 9-14-98; 8:45 am]
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