96-30595. Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determination

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 231 (Friday, November 29, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 60753]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-30595]


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UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determination

    Notice is hereby given of the following determination: 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 in the 
exhibit ``The Legacy of Peter the Great: St. Petersburg: A Cultural 
Celebration'' (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 loan agreements 
with foreign lenders. I also determine that the exhibition or display 
of the listed exhibit objects at New York City's World Financial 
Center, from on or about January 14, 1997, through on or about March 9, 
1997 is in the national interest. Public Notice of this determination 
is ordered to be published in the Federal Register.

    \1\ A copy of this list may be obtained by contacting Jacqueline 
Caldwell, Assistant General Counsel, at 202/619-6982; the address is 
Room 700, U.S. Information Agency, 301-4th Street, S.W., Washington, 
D.C. 20547.
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    Dated: November 25, 1996.
Les Jin,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 96-30595 Filed 11-27-96; 8:45 am]
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