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UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY

 
Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations, ``Letters in Gold: Ottoman Calligraphy from the Sakib 
Sabanci Collection''

    Republication FR98-13767 published @ Page 28452 in the Federal 
Register of May 22, 1998 is republished in its entirety.

ACTION: Notice.

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    This 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 F.R. 13359, March 29, 1978), and Delegation Order No. 85-5 of June 
27, 1985 (50 F.R. 27393, July 2, 1985), I hereby determine that the 
objects on the list specified below, to be included in the exhibit, 
``Letters in Gold: Ottoman Calligraphy from the Sakib Sabanci 
Collection'', Istanbul. (See List), 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, New York, New York, 
from on or about September 10, 1998, to on or about December 13, 1998, 
and at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California, 
from on or about February 25, 1999, to on or about May 17, 1999, and 
the Harvard University Art Museums from on or about October 9, 1999 
through on or about January 12, 2000 is in the national interest. 
Public Notice of these determinations is ordered to be published in the 
Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
A copy of this list may be obtained by contacting Ms. Jacqueline 
Caldwell, Assistant General Counsel, at (202) 619-6982. The address is 
U.S. Information Agency, 301 4th Street, S.W., Room 700, Washington, 
D.C. 20547-0001.

    Dated: November 25, 1998.
R. Wallace Stuart,
Deputy General Counsel.
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