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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

 The Under Secretary for 

 Oceans and Atmosphere 



Washington. DC 20230 



OCT 22 S93 



The Honorable Solomon P. Ortiz 

 Chairman, Subcommittee on Oceanography, 



Gulf of Mexico, and the Outer 



Continental Shelf 

 Committee on Merchant Marine and 



Fisheries 

 House of Representatives 

 Washington, D.C. 20515-6234 



Dear Mr. Chairman: 



Enclosed are the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

 Administration's responses to questions received from the 

 Subcommittee as a follow-up to its August 4, 1993, hearing on the 

 dual use of technology and resources for civilian and defense 

 oceanography . 



If you or your colleagues have any further questions, please 

 contact James Truesdale at (202) 482-4981. 



Sincerely, 



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D. James Baker 



Enclosure 



cc: Congressman Gerry E. Studds 



THE ADMINISTRATOR 



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