160 NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC PROGRAM—1965 
Dr. Wiesner approved this concept and assigned to the Department 
of Commerce the primary responsibility for leadership in the 
important field of air-sea interaction. 
When implementation plans of the Department of Commerce were 
presented to ICAS and ICO, some differences of policy developed 
as to whether responsibility for development of the overall 
air-sea program should lie with the Department of Commerce or 
with the ICO-ICAS joint panel acting for ICO and ICAS. Two 
alternative plans were presented to the Federal’ Council by the' 
ICAS Chairman, Dr. Hollomon, in February 1964, as a result of 
which Dr. Hornig amplified Dr. Wiesner's instructions and 
assigned to the:Department of Commerce the responsibility for 
developing a Federally-supported air/sea interation program in 
consultation with the participating agencies through their 
representatives on a joint ICO/ICAS air-sea interaction panel. 
Agencies continue to be responsible for funding, conducting, 
and otherwise managing their portions of the program consistent 
‘with their statutory missions. Such portions are those either 
initially proposed by an agency for support, or added by mutual 
agreement between between the agency, Department of Commerce, 
and the joint panel. The Department of Commerce will undertake 
funding needed to fill out the remaining important components 
of the total program plan consistent with its statutory missions. 
Area studies of transfer processes represent: one such component. 
