[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 86 (Monday, May 5, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 24551]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-11626]


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UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY


Notice; 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 
12259, 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, ``Enlightenment Embodied: The Art of the 
Japanese, Buddhist Sculptor (7th to 14th Century)'' 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 \1\ objects at the 
Japan Society Gallery from on or about May 15, 1997, through July 6, 
1997, 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 
Epstein, Assistant General Counsel, at 202/619-6981, and the address 
is Room 700, U.S. Information Agency, 301 4th Street, SW., 
Washington, DC 20547-0001.
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    Dated: April 19, 1997.
Les Jin,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 97-11626 Filed 5-2-97; 8:45 am]
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