FRONTIERS IN OCEANIC RESEARCH 



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(The information requested is as follows :) 



Comparison of fiscal year 1961 oceanography budget recommendations 



[Millions of dollars] 



1 The National Academy of Sciences Committee on Oceanography recommendations in 1958 dollars for 

 costs over and above 1958 level of support for oceanography. 



2 Interagency Committee on Oceanography recommendations in 1961 dollars. High total is result of 

 recommended ship construction. 



» Not including military research and development. 



Comparison of United States and U.S.S.R. Projected Programs 



The U.S. oceanographic capability can be measured in number of ships, 

 scientists, and dollar support. At the present we operate about 52 ships and 

 have about 500 to 600 professional oceanographers. The fiscal year 1961 budget 

 for oceanography exclusive of ship construction is $36.6 million. By 1970 we 

 expect to have increased the number of our oceanographic ships to about 85 or 90 

 and to have engaged about 1,100 or 1,200 competent scientists in oceanography. 

 It can be expected that the costs for conduct of oceanographic research and 

 surveys by 1970 will level off at approximately $85 million annually. 



Although receiving greater emphasis since World War II, oceanography has 

 undergone a marked expansion in the Soviet Union since 1955, following the 

 announcement of its plans to participate in the oceanography program of the 

 International Geophysical Year (1957-58). Theretofore, Soviet oceanographic 

 research was limited mostly to the regions bordering upon the U.S.S.R., and 

 scientific relations with foreign scientists were essentially nonexistent. Since 

 1955, the U.S.S.R. has displayed a large, modern research fleet second to none, 

 has announced the construction of new research facilities, has operated its 

 research fleet throughout the oceans of the world, and has organized a sizable 

 manpower force to conduct oceanographic research. The period from 1955 

 to 1960 definitely has been one of acquiring facilities, manpower, and scientific 

 data. 



