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assemble, exchange and publish the data from 
both EQUALANT I and II, and prepare and ar- 
range for publication of the ICITA Atlas. A 
proposal for review by the International Coor- 
dination Group (the ''Editorial Board") is in 
preparation. 
U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM (USNM) 
A scientist from the USNM, working from 
the GERONIMO, will collect and preserve fishes 
(shipboard trawl hauls, night lighting, and shore 
collections) for return to the National Sorting 
Center. All zooplankton samples collected dur- 
ing the 15-day synoptic periods are to be 
shipped to the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, 
Biological Laboratory, Washington, D.C. After 
determination of displacement volumes, these 
samples will be sent to the National Sorting 
Center, USNM, for sorting, identification of 
organisms, and preparation of lists of such 
identifications. 
AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 
DEVELOPMENT (AID) 
Funds were provided by AID for support of 
the CCTA Trawling Campaign and for purchase 
of oceanographic equipment for use aboard the 
REINE POKOU (Republic of the Ivory Coast) and 
the KIARA (Nigeria). 
U.S. NAVY OCEANOGRAPHIC 
OFFICE (USNOO) 
The USNOO assisted in preparation of the 
salinity samples for use in intercalibrating the 
data from analyses made aboard the participat- 
ing vessels, provided bathymetric charts for 
use aboard the vessels and prepared and 
printed a compilation of charts depicting the 
distribution of various oceanographic proper- 
ties in the ICITA area. 
U. S. COAST GUARD 
Vessel Operation: undesignated vessel in 
EQUALANT II (commitment not firm). 
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NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC PROGRAM—1965 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
The United States State Department arranged 
clearance for U.S. vessels to operate in terri- 
torial waters of foreign nations, expedited, 
through arrangements with American Embas- 
sies, the shipment and delivery of equipment to 
the participating foreign laboratories and ves- 
sels, and translated instructions for various 
types of observations and sampling techniques, 
common to each vessel, into French, Spanish 
and Russian. 
NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS 
Vessel Operation: 
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution - 
CHAIN and CRAWFORD in EQUALANT I 
Texas A & M - ALAMINOS in EQUALANT 
II 
University of Miami - PILLSBURY in 
EQUALANT II 
Scripps Institution of Oceanography - HORI- 
ZON in EQUALANT II (commitment not firm). 
U.S. scientists from Bingham Oceanographic 
Laboratory, Yale University, Institute of Marine 
Sciences of the University of Miami, New York 
University, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 
and Johns Hopkins University will undertake 
various oceanographic, marine biological, geo- 
logical, and geophysical programs aboard the 
U.S. vessels. Oceanographers from Texas A&M 
will participate aboard the Argentine vessel 
A.R.A. COMODORO LASERRE. 
The details of programs summarized above 
relate primarily to EQUALANT I (February - 
March, 1963): Preliminary plans for EQUA- 
LANT II (August 1963) were prepared by partic- 
ipants in the June IOC Working Group Meeting. 
Preliminary plans and schedules are now in 
preparation; some final details must await con- 
sideration of results from EQUALANT I. 
