[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: 98-24857]


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UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations

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 to be included in the exhibit ``Picasso and the War Years: 
1937-1945'' (see list), imported from various foreign lenders for the 
temporary exhibition without profit within the United States, are of 
cultural significance. These objects are imported pursuant to loan 
agreements with the foreign lenders. I also determine that the 
exhibition or display of the listed exhibit objects at Fine Arts 
Museums, San Francisco, California on or about October 10, 1998, to on 
or about January 3, 1999, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, New 
York on or about February 11, 1999 to on or about May 2, 1999, is in 
the national interest. Public Notice of these determinations is ordered 
to be published in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul W. Manning, Assistant General 
Counsel, 202/619-5997, and the address is Room 700, U.S. Information 
Agency, 301 4th Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20547-0001.

    Dated: September 11, 1998.
Les Jin,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 98-24857 Filed 9-14-98; 8:45 am]
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