Appendices 



Table E-6— Excerpts of Marine Affairs Interest From International 

 Summit-Level Declarations and Speeches 



I. Joint Statement from President Johnson of the U.S. and President Marcos of the 

 Philippines, Washington, D.G. (September 15, 1966) 

 President Marcos set forth his vision of the Philippines future. He described the 

 many frontiers that mankind faces — in space and in the ocean depths, * * * 

 The considerable economic loss suffered annually in the Far East from typhoons 

 was discussed by the two Presidents, who agreed that the regional initiatives 

 undertaken by ECAFE and WMO to improve technical capabilities for typhoon 

 damage control deserved full support. President Johnson offered the services of a 

 United States meteorological team to develop a joint program of typhoon damage 

 control in the Philippine area in concert with regional planning, and President 

 Marcos agreed to the desirability of such a program* * * 



Finally, the two Presidents noted the cooperative programs already started between 

 the Philippine National Science Development Board and the U.S. National 

 Academy of Sciences, and agreed that these programs should be expanded so the 

 private and public researclj efforts can be applied to the advance of knowledge 

 about growing food on the land and in the sea in the tropics. The two Presidents 

 noted the expanded efforts now underway by the U.S. Government in the field of 

 oceanography, in which it was agreed that the Philippines would participate 

 fully* * * 



II. Joint Communiqu6 from President Johnson of the U.S. and Prime Minister Sato 

 of Japan, Washington, D.G. (November 15, 1967) 



The President and the Prime Minister, aware of the increasing importance of the 

 oceans as a source of food for the world's growing population and as a source of 

 minerals, have agreed to seek ways of greatly expanding United States-Japan 

 cooperation in research and in development of technology for the utilization of 

 mineral resources through the United States-Japan Conference on Development 

 and Utilization of Natural Resources. For this purpose they have agreed that as 

 part of the United States-Japan natural resources program, there should be pre- 

 pared a report and recommendations of the two Governments looking to coopera- 

 tion between the two countries in this field. 



III. Address by President Johnson at the Inter-American Summit, Punta del Este, 

 Uruguay (April 13, 1967) 

 '<* * * \Yc are prepared to join with the Latin American nations in: * * * De- 

 veloping a regional program of marine science and technology. * ♦ * We are also 

 prepared to set up in Latin America a demonstration center in the field of fish 

 protein concentrate. We believe that this essential ingredient of a balanced diet 

 can be provided at a much lower cost than in the past. * * *" 



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