[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 201 (Friday, October 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 54156]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-27591]
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UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY
Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition
Determinations
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, ``Flowers Underfoot: Indian Carpets of the
Mughal Era'' (See list \1\), 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 lenders. I also determine that the exhibition or
display of the listed exhibit objects at The Metropolitan Museum of
Art, New York, New York, from on or about November 17, 1997, to on or
about March 1, 1998, is in the national interest. Public notice of
these determinations is ordered to be published in the Federal
Register.
\1\ A copy of this list may be obtained by contacting Ms. Carol
B. Epstein, Assistant General Counsel, at 202/619-6981, and the
address is Room 700, U.S. Information Agency, 301 Fourth Street,
S.W., Washington, D.C. 20547-0001.
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Dated: October 10, 1997.
Les Jin,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 97-27591 Filed 10-16-97; 8:45 am]
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