[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 199 (Thursday, October 15, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 55427]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-27678]


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UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Treasures of Russia'' From Peterhof--Summer Palaces 
of the Czars

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. 133359, 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 to be included in the exhibit, ``Treasures of Russia'' from 
Peterhof--Summer Palaces of the Czars, 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 lender. I also determine that the exhibition 
or display of the listed exhibit objects at Rio Hotel & Casino, Las 
Vegas, Nevada, from on or about November 5, 1998, through on or about 
April 15, 1999, is in the national interest. Public Notice of these 
determinations is ordered to be published in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lori Nierenberg, Assistant General 
Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, 202/619-6084, and the address 
is Room 700, U.S. Information Agency, 301 4th Street, S.W. Washington, 
D.C. 20547-0001.

    Dated: October 8, 1998.
Les Jin,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 98-27678 Filed 10-14-98; 8:45 am]
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