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between the results of the Malta Resolution and the result of those 

 leases. 



Mr. Lennon. Mr. Secretary, what effect would the adoption of the 

 so-called Malta Resolution by the United Nations have upon our na- 

 tional key defense posture with respect to the sea bottom beyond the 

 ■Continental Shelf? 



Dr. Froscpi. We think that certainly something as sweeping as that 

 resolution would have a most serious effect on the Navy and on the 

 Navy's role in the national defense posture. 



I certainly cannot go into details in an unclassified way but I think 

 that I can state, in fact, that the Navy uses the ocean and uses the 

 bottom of the ocean and has for many, many years as part of its 

 national security responsibilities, and it would be very difficult for 

 us to avoid doing so without some considerable difficulty in carrying 

 out our responsibilities. 



Mr. Lennon. I saw some maps last week that purportedly were pre- 

 pared after the Geneva Conference which circumscribed the conti- 

 nental United States. Due to the location in the Atlantic of a great 

 many islands owned by the United Kingdom, this would give them 

 jurisdiction almost to our shores. I am talking about the islands off 

 our coast. I am thinking, too, about Portugal, whose islands expand 

 their alleged sovereignty of the seas near our coastline. 



You gave us some figures a few minutes ago with respect to the 

 breakdown, and you mentioned the Department of Transportation. 

 The Department of Transportation's interest in the oceanographic 

 program is perhaps related to the fact that the Coast Guard is now 

 under the Department of Transportation. Is that the basis on which 

 the Department of Transportation is funded in the general ocean- 

 ographic area? 



Dr. Frosch. Yes ; I believe that is correct, Mr. Chairman. 



Mr. Len^ston. In chart 19, you show Department of Transportation, 

 8.1 actual in fiscal 1966; estimated fiscal 196T, 10.8; and President's 

 budget fiscal 1968, 24.6. That would be related, as I understand it, 

 primarily to the ocean station mission Coast Guard vessels which 

 were adapted to some phases of the marine science technology. So 

 that is the increase in the budget ? 



Dr. Frosch. That is correct, Mr. Chairman. That reflects an in- 

 crease in responsibility on the part of the Coast Guard. The increase 

 between 1967 and 1968 includes the construction of a Coast Guard 

 vessel, particularly, if I remember correctly, for subpolar oceano- 

 graphic research. This has been a traditional Coast Guard responsi- 

 bility, and one that I think everyone agrees it is proper for them to 

 continue to take a major interest in. 



Mr. Lennon. Mr. Secretary, in chart 9, you are speaking of HEW 

 and oceanographic education, fellowships, and grants. 



Again as the chairman of the committee and not in your specific 

 characterization as Assistant Secretary of Navy for Research and 

 Development, would you have furnished for the record what in- 

 dividuals and institutions — I think it would be interesting to members 

 of the committee who get increasing inquiries from constituents as 

 to how to qualify for a fellowship or a grant. 



