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 APPENDIX I 



OPENING STATEMENT 



BY 

 GEORGE E. BROWN, JR. 



Mr. Chairman, I want to commend you for holding this 

 hearing today. The coordination of oceanographic research 

 among the participating agencies has been a major 

 management challenge ever since post war science policy 

 began to take shape over 40 years ago. Indeed, no other 

 field of research links defense and civilian interests as 

 strongly as oceanography and I want to particularly 

 recognize the efforts of the three chairmen today in 

 attempting to recognize this fact. 



It is natural that we begin to explore ways in this post cold- 

 war era to leverage research assets and more closely define 

 linkages between the mission agencies that best benefit our 

 science objectives. 



One of the clearest examples of this potential was the 

 release last year by the Navy of declassified data on sea 

 surface height, salinity, gravity field, seabed magnetics and 

 a vast "treasure trove" of other physical data on the ocean. 

 This was part of an overall program to transition the 

 Nation's cold war assets to greater civilian and scientific 



