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ment of notification for passage. Further, it is not tlie policy of the United States 

 to furnish notification of the innocent passage of its warships, flag, or other 

 vessels, and it does not require notification from other states. 



Mr. KoGERS. The reason I am concerned and I think there should 

 be a review of this policy, since September 1965, I am informed the 

 Coast Guard has sighted 262 Soviet vessels in passage within 12 miles 

 of the Atlantic coast of Florida, for instance, and 25 vessels were 

 observed in innocent passage in the territorial waters. It is estimated 

 in the last 2 years over 50 Soviet vessels have passed through the terri- 

 torial waters of the United States in innocent passage. 



During 1966 permission was granted to 42 Soviet vessels to enter 

 the territorial waters of the United States for various humanitarian 

 reasons, and this year permission was granted to 13 Soviet vessels 

 to enter territorial waters for the reasons I mentioned, humanitarian 

 and so forth. 



It seems to me if we are going to allow all of this passage through 

 the territorial waters of the United States and to have Russia refuse 

 a simple and innocent passage through a strait, we ought to review 

 our policy and have an immediate change to treat them as they treat 

 us. Would you not agree ? 



Dr. Frosch. I think we ought to examine the policy. 



Mr. Rogers. Thank you very much. 



Thank you, Mr. Chairman. 



Mr. Lennon. The gentleman from California. 



Mr. Reinecke. Dr. Frosch, the chart you show regarding the oceano- 

 graphic ships is accumulative, is that right? Does this include naval 

 vessels, commercial vessels, and educational vessels ? 



Dr. Frosch. Yes, it does. 



Mr. Rmnecke. This is a total ? 



Dr. Frosch. I am wrong. It does not include the commercial vessels. 



Mr. Reinecke. Just education, institution, and naval vessels, is that 

 correct ? 



Dr. Frosch. Government vessels, that is vessels owned or operated 

 by the Government agencies and those operated by universities sup- 

 ported by Federal funds. It does not include the privately supported 

 fleet. 



Mr. Reinecke. So this is all oceanographic vessels under some sort 

 of Federal mission ? 



Dr. Frosch. Under some sort of Federal ownership or funding. 



Mr. Reinecke. Are you aware of any problems that have developed 

 regarding Coast Guard regulations pertaining to oceanographic 

 vessels ? 



Dr. Frosch. I am aware that there were some problems that arose 

 several years ago that had to do with what category of existing regu- 

 lations should cover oceanographic research vessels. The difficulty, 

 as I understand it, being that Coast Guard regulations under the 

 statutes existing provide for two categories of people on a vessel, the 

 category of passenger and the category of crewmen, and application 

 of either of these categories to the research scientists who are not crew- 

 men in the sense they actually operate the vessel and not passengers 

 in the sense that they do operate things on the vessel led to some 

 difficulties. I do not recall precisely what the resolution was, but it is 

 my understanding that a kind of semispecial category was devised 



