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are there reliable methods to measure the confUctina values and costs 

 presented by this pehnomenon. 



NATIONAL DEFENSE 



The use of estuarlne and coastal ports has always been an essential 

 need of the national defense system for the movement of weapons, 

 troops, and supplies to and from overseas bases and operations zones. 

 Table IV. 4. 6 Itemizes amounts of military cargo and passengers tran- 

 shipped by area for two recent years. Tons and dollar value of cargo 

 went up appreciably from FY 1966 to FY 1967, while numbers of passen- 

 gers decreased. The impact of the Vietnam war can be seen 1n the com- 

 parison of figures for the Eastern and Western areas for the two years. 

 However, it 1s a primary item of Defense policy that facilities be 

 available for use in all coastal areas to meet particular military 

 logistics requirements at any time. 



Future demands for the use of estuarlne and coastal areas by the 

 Department of Defense are difficult to project since they will vary 

 greatly according to the state of International affairs and the impact 

 of technological developments. The Office of Business Economics has 

 regarded military employment as a constant after the year 1980 because 

 of this lack of predictability. The examples given in Chapter 3 of 

 the impact of Naval activity on Narragansett Bay and San Diego Bay 

 give at least a general idea of the magnitude of present and future 

 military activities in the Nation's estuaries. 



