[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 176 (Monday, September 13, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 49543]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-23782]


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UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``Only the Best'': Masterpieces of the Calouste 
Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon

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 133359, 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, ``Only the Best'': Masterpieces 
of the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon imported from abroad 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 exhibit objects at The Metropolitan Museum 
of Art, New York, NY., from on or about November 15, 1999 to on or 
about February 27, 2000, is in the Public Notice of these 
determinations is ordered to be published in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, contact Carol 
Epstein, Assistant General Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, 202/
619-6981, and the address is Room 700, U.S. Information Agency, 301 4th 
Street, SW Washington, DC 20547-0001.

    Dated: September 7, 1999.
Les Jin,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 99-23782 Filed 9-10-99; 8:45 am]
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