Royal Persian Paintings: 1925),

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UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY

Culturally Significant Objects Imported for Exhibition Determinations: ``Royal Persian Paintings: The Qajar Epoch 1785-1925''

AGENCY: United States Information Agency.

ACTION: Notice.

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 objects on the list specified below, to be included in the exhibit, ``Royal Persian Paintings: The Qajar Epoch 1785-1925,'' 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 Brooklyn Museum of Art, in New York, New York, from on or about October 23, 1998, to on or about January 24, 1999, and at the Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center, Los Angeles, California, from on or about February 24, 1999, to on or about May 9, 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: August 18, 1998. Les Jin, General Counsel.

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