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oratory at Coliunbia. While we may have military interest in the 

 Indian Ocean, it was our considered opinion, on strong recommenda- 

 tion from civilian oceanographers and civilian scientists in this field 

 and their willingness to go into a cooperative program with other 

 countries, such as was done in the IGY, in the interest of promoting 

 basic research without regard for military infonnation that they 

 w^ould obtain for us, that we should support a progi-am such as the 

 Indian Oc^an program over a 4-year period. It would amount to 

 about 12 percent of our oceanographic research funds per years, we 

 estimate. 



Mr. Bauer. Thank you, Mr. Secretary. 



At this time, I would like to put in the record the projects that are 

 being financed b}- the Office of Naval Eesearch in Oceanography. 

 Mr. ]MiLLER. Without objection, so ordered. 

 (The document follows:) 



Department of the Navy, 

 Office of Naval Reseabch, 

 Washington, D.C., February 9, 1960. 

 Mr. John M. Drewby, 

 Chief CounciJ, House of Representatives, 



Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, House O^ce Building, 

 Washington, D.C. 



Deak Mr. Drewry : In response to your letter of .January 4, 1960, in which you 

 request fiscal infonnation eonc-eminff the Office of Xaval Research programs in 

 oceanography and hydrobiology, we submit the attached material. The funding 

 levels listed under the biology branch program represent only ONR money ; that 

 of the geophysics bi'anch represents both OXR money and outside fluids, but 

 the latter have been indicated as such in the listing. 



We hope this information will be of assistance to you. Please do not hesi- 

 tate to request any additional information. 

 Sincerely yours, 



R. Bennett, 

 Rear Admiral,, U8N, Chief of Naval Research. 



Explanation of the Office of Naval Research Oceanographic Research 

 Program as Shown in the Following Tables 



1. The first four institutions show contracts covering a 3-year period for each. 

 This is made possible by the use of longevity funds which give these institutions 

 a monetary buffer amounting to 10 to 20 percent of the total contract This is 

 renewed each year. 



2. In continuing type contracts, a single task description is presented to cover 

 both 1959 and 1960. In some eases, there may be some slight difference between 

 the 2 years in the emphasis placed on research work, but this would be minor 

 and the task description reflects both the ability of the institution and the basic 

 research requirements of the Navy. 



3. There are a fair number of contracts that ONR has with institutions which 

 are no fund extensions of previous tasks and equipment loan types. These have 

 not been listed. 



A Summary of ONR Oceanographic Contract Program 



I. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Mass. Nonr 

 2196 ( 00) —Cost-type contract NR 083-004 : 



Fiscal year 19.59 (period : Sept. 1, 1958, to Dec. 31, 1961) $800, 000 



Fiscal year 1960 (period : Sept. 1, 1959, to Dec. 31, 1962) 1, 400, 000 



This task is defined in general terms to permit investigations of all phases of 

 oceanography. Major emphasis is placed on: (1) description and explanation 

 of genei-al oceanic circulation. (2) geology and geophysics of marine areas, (3) 

 development of oceanogi-aphic instruments, (4) wave and tide research, (5) 

 oceanographic aspects of underwater acoustics and (6) studies from aircraft. 

 The task represents a basic continuing study of the Atlantic Ocean, its adjacent 

 waters and boundaries. 



