[Federal Register: August 30, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 167)]
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UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY

 
Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition 
Determinations: ``From Schongauer to Holbein: Master Drawings from 
Basel and Berlin''

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 133359, 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, ``From Schongauer to Holbein: 
Master Drawings from Basel and Berlin'' imported from abroad for the 
temporary exhibition without profit within the United States, are of 
cultural significance. These objects are imported pursuant to loan 
agreements with the foreign lenders. I also determine that the 
exhibition or display of the exhibit objects at National Gallery of 
Art, Washington, DC, from on or about October 24, 1999 to on or about 
January 9, 2000, is in the national interest. Public Notice of these 
determinations is ordered to be published in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For futher 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: August 24, 1999.
Les Jin,
General Counsel.
[FR Doc. 99-22481 Filed 8-27-99; 8:45 am]
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