THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE ISSUE OF DEEP OCEAN 



RESOURCES 



TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1967 



House of Representatives, 

 Committee on Foreign Affairs, 

 Subcommittee on International 



Organizations and Mom^ments, 



Washington., B.C. 



The Subcommittee on International Organizations and Movements 

 met, pursuant to adjournment, at 10:05 a.m., in room 2255, Rayburn 

 House Office Building, the Honorable Dante B. Fascell (chairman of 

 the subcommittee) presiding. 



Mr. Fascell. The subcommittee will please come to order. 



We meet this morning to continue hearings on resolutions relating 

 to the question of jurisdiction of resources on the bottom of the ocean. 



We have heard expert witnesses testify during our earlier hearings 

 that the resolution of this issue may involve vast economic resources, 

 communications, security, and the well-being of millions of people 

 in the world. 



To testify before the subcommittee we are very pleased to welcome 

 Dr. Robert A. Frosch, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research 

 and Development, who is accompanied by Rear Adm. O. D. Waters, 

 Jr., Oceanographer of the Navy, and Rear Adm. Wilfred A. Hearn, 

 Judge Advocate General of the Navy. 



The open session will be followed by an executive session meeting 

 in order that the subcommittee may have the benefit of our witnesses' 

 views regarding some issues that alfect the security of our country. 



Gentlemen, we are very pleased to have you here this morning. 



I understand, Mr. Secretary, that you returned from Europe just 

 this past weekend, and for this reason we are all the more apprecia- 

 tive of your willingness to appear before the subcommittee on rather 

 short notice. I understand that you do not liave a prepared statement, 

 but that you are ready to reply to our inquiries. I will therefore begin 

 this session by asking you to outline for us your reaction to the prop- 

 osition contained in House Joint Resolution 816 and the two dozen 

 related resolutions which express the view that the United States 

 should not at this time attempt to reach a decision on vesting in the 

 United Nations jurisdiction over the deep ocean resources. 



We will be happy to have your comments on this matter. 



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