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Mr. Gilman. I would welcome that, Mr. Kronmiller. Can you tell 

 us a little about the process you are following in the review and 

 how you intend to make the Congress a part of your discussions? 



Mr. Kronmiller. Yes, sir, Mr. Gilman. I would be pleased to. 



We are going to carry out consultations on a number of different 

 levels. Historically, there has been a heavy reliance upon the advi- 

 sory committee that has been established for the Law of the Sea 

 and we do not intend to diminish that. We will continue to consult 

 with Members of Congress and members of the advisory commit- 

 tee, 1 



We will do that both in the formal proceedings of the advisory 

 committee and at small group meetings with interested Congress- 

 men who care to meet with us. 



We also intend to have informal briefings at the convenience of 

 interested Members, again to convey to them at what stage in the 

 process we are at that time and also to obtain from them their 

 views concerning where we ought to be going from that point. 



There will be a number of different procedures involved. 



Mr. Gilman. Mr. Kronmiller, who is the "we" that is doing the 

 ongoing process? 



Mr. Kronmiller. As Mr. Malone indicated, we are presently in 

 the process — I will define "we" in a moment — of establishing how 

 these consultations will be brought about. 



Mr. Gilman. They haven't started yet? 



Mr. Kronmiller. There have been some discussions. There have 

 not been formal consultations such as I have described concerning 

 the course of the review. 



The review papers are in preparation. They are not in a form 

 which we feel yet will provide us with an adequate basis to give 

 you an understanding of how we are proceeding, and we would 

 prefer to be farther along before we get into a formal situation 

 with you, so that you are not misled as to our direction. 



Mr. Gilman. Who is preparing those papers? 



Mr. Kronmiller. Those papers are being prepared by an inter- 

 agency group that Mr. Malone has described in testimony here 

 today. 



Mr. Gilman. Is that the same interagency group that did the 

 1977 review for the Carter administration? 



Mr. Kronmiller. No, sir. It is not. It is a Deputy Assistant 

 Secretary-level group that will be carrying out this particular 

 review. 



The 1977 review was carried out by a number of different levels. 



Mr. Gilman. They are in the process, then. The Deputy Secretar- 

 ies are in the process of preparing papers for consideration by the 

 policy group. Is that correct? 



Mr. Kronmiller. Yes, Mr. Gilman. That is correct. 



Mr. Gilman. Who will be the policy group to look over the 

 papers? 



Mr. Kronmiller. There is a senior interagency group which will 

 do further work on the papers and ultimately there will be a paper 

 which will be forwarded to the President for his decision. 



Mr. Gilman. Who will the senior interagency group consist of? 



5 For list of members of the Department of State Public Advisory Committee on the Law of the 

 Sea, including subcommittee affiliations, see appendix 9, p. 107. 



