[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 44 (Monday, March 8, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 11087]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-5538]


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UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``The Topkapi Palace: Jewels and Treasures of the 
Sultans''

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 ``The Topkapi Palace: Jewels and 
Treasures of the Sultans,'' 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 exhibitions or 
display of the listed exhibit objects at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, 
Washington, DC, from on or about March 1, 2000, to on or about June 15, 
2000, the San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA, from on or about July 
14, 2000 to on or about September 24, 2000, and the Fort Lauderdale 
Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, from on or about October 15, 2000 
to on or about January 14, 2001 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 Carol Epstein, Assistant General Counsel, Office of the General 
Counsel, United States Information Agency, at 201/619-6981, or USIA, 
301 4th Street, S.W., Room 700, Washington, D.C. 20547-0001.

    Dated: March 2, 1999.
Les Jin,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 99-5538 Filed 3-5-99; 8:45 am]
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