[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 17 (Wednesday, January 27, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 4175]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-1839]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``The Treasury of St. Francis of Assisi''

AGENCY: United States Information Agency.

ACTION: Notice.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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. 13359, 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 ``The Treasury of St. Francis of 
Assisi,'' 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 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from on or about 
March 15, 1999, to on or about June 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 202/619-6982, or USIA, 301 4th Street, S.W., 
Room 700, Washington, D.C. 20547-0001.

    Dated: January 21, 1999.
Les Jin,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 99-1839 Filed 1-26-99; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 8230-01-M