[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 133 (Monday, July 13, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37624-37625]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-18559]
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UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY
Art Objects; Importation for Exhibition; Jade in Ancient Costa
Rica
AGENCY: United States Information Agency.
SUBJECT: Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition
Determinations.
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the following determinations:
Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Act of
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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, 1975).
ACTION: I hereby determine that the objects on the list specified
below, to be included in the exhibit, ``Jade in Ancient Costa Rica,''
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, in New York, New York, from on or
about September 15, 1998, to on or about February 28, 1999, is in the
national interest. Public Notice of these determinations is ordered to
be published in the Federal Register.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jacqueline Caldwell, Assistant General Counsel, Office of the General
Counsel, 202/619-6982, and the address is Room 700, U.S. Information
Agency, 301 4th Street, SW, Washington, DC 20547-0001.
Dated: July 8, 1998.
Les Jin,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 98-18559 Filed 7-10-98; 8:45 am]
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