NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC PROGRAM—1965 499 
FOREWORD 
The Federal Council for Science and Technology has given the 
Interagency Committee on Oceanography the assignment of planning and 
coordinating programs in the science of oceanography sponsored by 
government agencies. The principal assignment of the Committee is 
the annual preparation of the National Oceanographic Program. This 
document is a coordinated plan for the accomplishment of national goals 
while pursuing individual agency missions. 
The National Oceanographic Program for fiscal year 1964 incor- 
porates the Committee's best judgement as to balance and emphasis 
with respect to both long-term and short-term scientific requirements. 
The program is designed as a step in a series of annual plans beginning 
in 1960 and continuing into the future, through which the ultimate ques- 
tions of marine investigation may be answered. 
Copies of this document may be obtained from the Interagency 
Committee on Oceanography, Building T-3, 17th and Constitution Ave- 
nue, N. W., Washington 25, D. C. 
