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". . . Develop, encourage, and maintain a coordinated, comprehensive, and long- 

 range national program in marine science for the benefit of mankind to assist 

 in protection of health and property, enhancement of commerce, transportation, 

 and national security, rehabilitation of our commercial fisheries, and increased 

 utilization of these and other resources." PL 89^54 June 1966 



I think you can read these quotations rather than my reading 

 them to you. They will say essentially the same thing, and, to my mind, 

 we have very clear guidance from the President and from the Congress 

 as to what the national objectives and the overall purpose of our na- 

 tional program in this field are to be. 



I would now like to discuss the 10 agencies that are principally re- 

 sponsible for work in this area that I am talking about. They are listed 

 on chart 2. 



Chabt 2 



Ten Agencies 

 Defense 

 Commerce 

 Interior 



National Science Foundation 

 Atomic Energy Commission 

 Health, Education, and Welfare 

 Transportation 

 Smithsonian Institution 

 State 

 National Aeronautics and Space Administration 



I will go through the list agency by agency, explaining in each 

 case what the responsibilities of each are in the marine science field 

 with some comments on the subportions of the agency or department 

 which are principally responsible. 



We may begin with the Department of Defense which, of course, has 

 primary responsibility for national security. The Department of De- 

 fense, has carried a large load in the development of undersea 

 technology and was cited in the Council's initiatives, published in 

 February of 1967, as having a major responsibility for undersea tech- 

 nology, at least until such time as other final organizational arrange- 

 ments can be made based upon the reports of the Council and the 

 Commission. 



By statute, the Department of Defense also has certain civilian re- 

 sponsibilities, principally centering in the Army Corps of Engineers, 

 listed on the chart. ARPA, which is the Advanced Eesearch 

 Projects Agency, is listed because, in connection with its responsibility 

 for nuclear test detection matters, it has undertaken some undersea 

 technology connected with seismology. (See chart 3.) 



Chaet 3 



Department of Defense 

 National Security 

 Undersea Technology 

 Statutory Civilian Responsibilities 



Great Lakes, River, Harbor, Coastal, and Ocean Charting 



Great Lakes, River, Harbor, Coastal Restoration and Preservation 



Navy 



Army Corps of Engineers 



ARPA 



