NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC PROGRAM—1965 167 
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT 
OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 
WASHINGTON 
6 March 1964 
MEMORANDUM FOR: 
J. Herbert Hollomon, Chairman, ICAS 
James H, Wakelin, Chairman, ICO 
SUBJECT: Air-Sea Interaction Program 
At its meeting ‘on-February 25, 1964, the Federal Council discussed 
questions related to the responsibility of the Department of Commerce for 
the air-sea interaction program. The Council supported the designation of 
special responsibility in this area to DOC as an experiment to be reviewed _ 
at the end of one year. The Council further agreed to the following specific 
statement of this responsibility as it appears in the minutes: 
"Planning Responsibilities for Interagency Air/Sea 
Interaction Research 
Ie. he Department of Commerce is responsible for coordinated 
planning of the Federally-supported air/sea interaction program, 
2 This program will be developed in consultation with the 
“ participating agencies through their representatives on a joint 
ICO/ICAS air/sea interaction panel. 
3. The program developed by DOC will be submitted jointly 
to ICO/ICAS for review. 
4, These air/sea interaction plans will be submitted to the 
Federal Council for Science and Technology for endorsement as 
components of National Programs in Oceanography and Atmospheric 
Sciences. 
5. Agencies are responsible for funding, conducting, and 
otherwise managing their portions of the program, consistent 
