NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC PROGRAM—1965 157 
FEDERAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 
INTERDEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEE FOR ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES 
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20230 
July 8, 1964 
Honorable Herbert C. Bonner 
Chairman, Merchant Marine and 
Fisheries Committee 
U.S. House of Representatives 
Washington, D.C. 
Dear Mr. Bonner: 
In view of my responsibilities as chairman of the Inter- 
departmental Committee for Atmospheric Sciences of the 
Federal Council for Science and Technology and the unique 
responsibility that has been assigned to the Department of 
Commerce relative to air-sea interaction research planning, 
I am providing you with a summary of the developments leading 
to this assignment together with the pertinent background 
documents. 
You will note that the emphasis of the Department of Commerce 
assignment lies in the areas of coordination, and in identi- 
fying and filling in the cracks in an overall Federally- 
Supported program which is to be developed in full agreement 
with all participating agencies and on the basis of earlier 
recommendations of the National Academy of Sciences-National 
Research Council. This program assignment to the Department 
of Commerce specifically provides for individual agencies 
conducting their own research consistent with their statutory 
missions, 
If I can be of any further assistance in this matter, please 
don’t hesitate to let me know. 
Sincerely yours, 
TYomon 
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