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foreign scientists in this field; for example: the recent worldwide 

 cruise of the OceanograpTier and such research undertakings as the 

 Indian Ocean expedition under the auspices of the Intergovernmental 

 Oceanographic Commission. 



Finally, we are increasingly involved in that policy planning process 

 which concerns the development of a coherent body of objectives 

 and a comprehensive plan for their achievement. This is the central 

 task to which I referred at the outset of my remarks. This task goes 

 hand in hand with the development of a national oceanographic pro- 

 gram as conceived by the Congress when it enacted the Marine Ke- 

 sources and Development Act. It is both a product of, and a pre- 

 requisite to, the development of such a program. 



In all of these tasks the Department relates closely to the other 

 Departments and agencies which are involved. The Secretary of 

 State is a member of the National Council on Marine Eesources and 

 Engineering Development. The Department is represented on the four 

 committees of the Council which concern (1) ocean exploration and 

 environmental science services, chaired by Dr. White of ESSA, (2) 

 marine research, education, and facilities, chaired by Dr. Frosch of 

 the Navy, (3) food from the sea, chaired by Mr. Waters of AID, 

 and (4) multiple uses of the coastal zone, chaired by Dr. Cain of 

 the Department of the Interior. 



In addition, nearly a year ago the Department of State established 

 an Ad Hoc Committee on International Policy in the Marine Sciences, 

 whose function it was to advise the Secretary and, through him, 

 the Marine Council, the Vice President, and President on international 

 policy problems in this field. That committee was an interagency body, 

 chaired by the Department of State and composed of the Executive 

 Secretary of the Marine Council and representatives of the Special 

 Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, the Office of 

 Science and Technology', the Bureau of the Budget, Navy (for the 

 Department of Defense), Interior, Commerce, Transportation, HEW, 

 the AEC, ACDA, AID, NSF, NASA, and the Smithsonian Institution. 



The purpose of the ad hoc committee was to make a broad survey 

 of international problems and opportunities in oceanography, and to 

 commence the identification of policies and arrangements to deal with 

 them. To this end it created a number of temporary interagency^ panels 

 to look into such matters as scientific cooperation, the exploration and 

 use of the mineral resources of the deep ocean floor, undersea tech- 

 nology, the living resources of the oceans, andregional cooperation in 

 South America and Europe, including the national security aspects of 

 the foregoing matters. It was this ad hoc committee, for example, 

 which was used as the interagency mechanism for developing the 

 position taken by Ambassador Goldberg on the Malta proposal which 

 has been before the General Assembly of thelJnited Nations this fall. 



The ad hoc committee has now served its initial purpose. With the 

 agreement of the Vice President, the Secretary of State has con- 

 verted it into a permanent Committee on International Policy on the 

 Marine Environment. The permanent committee is a smaller group, 

 chaired by the Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs. 

 Its regular interagency membership includes those officers and agen- 

 cies having a primary concern with its subject matter. Some of the 



