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Admiral Waters. You are referring specifically to the Naval Under- 

 sea Warfare Center at Pasadena ? 



Mr. Hanna. Yes. 



Admiral Waters. I shall be glad to. The Navy's plans for the 

 E. & D. functional capability of the Naval Undersea Warfare Center 

 have been and will continue to be primarily concerned with the War- 

 fare area. Secondly, there will be work supporting the undersea 

 warfare functions in several scientific and teclinological areas, among 

 them ocean sciences and technology. The original balance of strengths 

 to be developed was based on a Navy proposal for establishment of 

 the Center on the site of the U.S. Naval Air Station, Los Alamitos, 

 Calif. However, since funds for construction of the necessary facilities 

 at Los Alamitos are not included in the fiscal year 1968 military 

 construction authorization bill (H.E, 11722), it is necessary for the 

 Navy to reevaluate the entire situation. The role of the present 

 Pasadena facility must await completion of this reevaluation. 



Mr. Hanna. What cooperation and coordination does the Navy in 

 general and your office in particular participate in relative to inter- 

 national problems of the sea or international aspects of oceanography ? 



Admiral Waters. The Navy both by its role of major performer 

 in the Federal marine science program and by its historical role of 

 cooperation with its allies in addressing common problems, is engaged 

 routinely in international cooperative efforts. Principal Navy coopera- 

 tion and coordination in matters relating to international problems 

 of the sea are channeled via the Department of State through regional 

 military alliances such as NATO, CENTO, SEATO, and various bi- 

 lateral or multilateral arrangements with our allies ; support to inter- 

 national organizations and agencies to which the United States is a 

 member, such as the U.N.-sponsored Intergovernmental Oceanograpliic 

 Commission (IOC), the International Hydrographic Bureau (IHB), 

 and Pan American Institute of Geography and History (PAIGH) ; 

 and through conduct of worldwide scientific investigations in all areas 

 of oceanography. Such efforts frequently involve ships, scientific per- 

 sonnel, and resources of many groups and comitries as in the case of 

 Eastropac, the eastern tropical Pacific study currently underway. My 

 office acts for the Department of the Navy in administering and co- 

 ordinating these international activities insofar as they relate to 

 furthering the Navy's needs to better understand its principal operat- 

 ing environment. 



Mr. Lennon. Mr. Eoth ? 



Mr. Eoth. What role, if any, does your office play in the exchange 

 of oceanographic data with other countries or international bodies? 



Admiral Waters. One of the major responsibilities of my office is 

 that of providing support to the Department of the Navy in the 

 administration and coordination of international agreements designed 

 to encourage exchange of many kinds of marine environmental data 

 and related technical information. 



In general this effort is conducted under U.S. treaty commitments 

 such as the Antarctic Treaty and those with NATO, SEATO, and 

 CENTEO; from U.S. membership and participation in specialized 

 international bodies such as the Intergovernmental Oceanographic 

 Commission (IOC), and the International HydrogTaphic Bureau 

 (IHB) ; and from military exchange programs with our allies which 



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