[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 242 (Thursday, December 17, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 69713]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-33323]


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UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Pieter de Hooch, 1629-1684''

    Note: FR Doc. 98-29738 published at 63 FR 60043 in the Federal 
Register of November 6, 1998, is republished in its entirety.

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 ``Pieter de Hooch, 1629-1684,'' 
imported from abroad for 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 
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut, from on or about December 
17, 1998, to on or about February 27, 1999, is in the national 
interest. Public Notice of these determinations is ordered to be 
published in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For a copy of the list of exhibit 
objects or for further information, contact Jacqueline Caldwell, 
Assistant General Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, United States 
Information Agency, at 202/619-6992, or USIA, 301 4th Street, S.W., 
Room 700, Washington, D.C. 20547-0001.

    Dated: December 11, 1998.
Les Jin,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 98-33323 Filed 12-16-98; 8:45 am]
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