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A modest baginning has already been made. The U. S. 

 Coast & Geodetic Survey ship PlOlIfiER, and the Flydrographic 

 Office ship REHOBOTH are already at work. The ITavy is 

 planning significant support for survey instrument develop- 

 ment but nothing has yet been done- 



International Cooperation 



In order to reduce costs to the United States and to speed 

 up the program international coordination is essential to 

 the ocean-wide surveys. The new International Gceanographic 

 Commission of ULTESCO should be encouraged and used as a 

 means of developing this coordination. Bilateral agree- 

 ments should also be used. Tlie eGtablishment of regional 

 comiaissions or councils should be seriously considered by 

 the State Department. 



Shore Faciijties 



Except for modest funding of the national Oceanographic 

 Data Center, there is no evidence that steps are being 

 taken (or considered) to budget for the increased shore 

 facilit.ies needed to back up the increased ocean-wide 

 survey i-rogram. 



Funding 



About 1^5 million dollars new money will be available 

 for the Coast & Geodetic Survey in FY 1962 for ocean survey 

 oreratrona. This start has not been matched (to date) by 

 tLe ITavy. 



Money should be budgeted soon for shore facilities. 

 Money should be available in FY 1962 for a systems study. 



It is becoming more and more difficult to determiiie 

 hov; much new money is available for oceanography as this 

 already generalized term becomes more general and more 

 respectable. This is particularly true for the ocean-wide 

 survey program, lllll the 3,000 ton ships assigned to the 

 Hydrographic Office be used for ocean-wide surveys or 

 applied R&D? Should nev; instrumentation be charged off to 

 the survey program or to classified projects? We knov,7 that 

 the ICO is trying to keep these and other questions in 

 mind as reviev\7s and evaluations, plans and budgets for the 

 national oceanographic program develop. This is not easy. 



