Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 225 (Monday, November 23, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 64760]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-31194]



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UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY


Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations

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 
object to be included in the exhibit ``A Cylinder Recounting 
Sennacherib's Third Campaign Against Judah, .c. 700 B.C.E.'', imported 
from abroad for temporary exhibition without profit within the United 
States, is of cultural significance. This object is imported pursuant 
to a loan agreement with the foreign lender. I also determine that the 
exhibition or display of the listed exhibit object at The Museum of 
Jewish Heritage, New York, New York, from on or about November 23, 
1998, to on or about October 15, 2003, is in the national interest. 
Public Notice of these determinations is ordered to be published in the 
Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jacqueline H. Caldwell, Assistant 
General Counsel, 202/619-6982, and the address is Room 700, U.S. 
Information Agency, 301 4th Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20547-0001.

    Dated: November 17, 1998.
Les Jin,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 98-31194 Filed 11-20-98; 8:45 am]
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