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Dr. Frosch. We will provide a correction for the record. 



Mr. Lennon. I noticed, too, in chart 16, which indicates a map of 

 major academic and private laboratories, and I am asking you if you 

 know anything about the research center, the Medical Biological Re- 

 search Center. It is located at Wrightsville Beach, near Wilmington, 

 N.C., and operated by the Medical Schools of Duke University, Uni- 

 versity of North Carolina, and Bowman-Gray School of Medicine of 

 Wake Forest. It has some high people in the medical-biochemical 

 world connected and related to it, and I notice it is not shown. It is 

 a public facility. Maybe you want to consider that for your next map. 



Dr. Frosch. It is not shown because I believe it does not have an 

 annual funding of over $500,000. It might be slightly under that but 

 that was the criterion for the chart. It is, of course, in our listing of 

 institutions. 



Mr. Lennon. Maybe we will get to that in time. 



Thank you very much. 



The gentleman from Ohio ? 



Mr. MosHER. Dr. Frosch, the Chairman referred to various leases 

 granted by the Department of Interior for use of the ocean's bottom. 

 Is the liaison such between the Department of Interior and the Navy 

 Department that they check with you and check with you very care- 

 fully before they grant such leases? I should think you would want 

 that done. 



Dr. Frosch. They do check with the Department of Defense and 

 the Department concurs in those leases granted. In fact, it is normal 

 for there to be close liaison between the Department of the Interior 

 and the Department of Defense in all matters having to do with off- 

 shore lands so that we can be sure we are coordinated on military 

 and other uses of those lands, and so that, when necessary, we can 

 make adjustments in one use or the other to avoid conflict and to avoid 

 making unnecessary problems. 



Mr. MosHER. Mr. Chairman, it was my privilege last Thursday and 

 Friday to participate in a conference out at Ohio State University 

 in Columbus, concerned with the oceanographic future and particu- 

 larly with international aspects of it and regional aspects, the whole 

 question of a regime, the possibility of a world regime giving direc- 

 tion to and governing oceanographic activities. I found it very inter- 

 esting that of the 30 or so knowledgeable people there representing 

 many points of view, there seemed to be unanimity that agreed with 

 the unanimity here in Congress, that we have to go very slow in 

 considering such proposals as the Malta Resolution. 



Dr. Frosch participated in the conference on Saturday when I could 

 not be there. 



Dr. Frosch. Yes. 



Mr. MosHER. I would guess you made it very plain there, and there 

 was probably discussion, that among the various reasons that we have 

 to go slow concerning the Malta Resolution, is considerations of defense 

 and particularly your classified use of the ocean's bottom? 



Dr. Frosch. t did make it clear and I would be happy to provide 

 you with a copy of the paper that I presented 



Mr. MosHER. I have a copy. 



Dr. Frosch (continuing). At the meeting, which I think made it 

 very clear that we have that problem. 



