[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 80 (Tuesday, April 27, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 22672]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-10518]
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UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY
Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition
Determination: ``Facing West: Jews of Central Asia and the Caucasus''
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, ``Facing West: Jews of Central
Asia and the Caucasus,'' 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 lender. I also determine that the exhibition or
display of the listed objects at The Jewish Museum, New York, NY, from
on or about June 20, 1999, to on or about October 17, 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 and for further information,
contact Ms. Neila Sheahan, Assistant General Counsel, Office of the
General Counsel, 202/619-5030. The address is Room 700, U.S.
Information Agency, 301 4th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20547-0001.
Dated: April 22, 1999.
Les Jin,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 99-10518 Filed 4-26-99; 8:45 am]
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