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NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHIC PROGRAM—1965 
Table 3 
FY 1965 Obligations for the National Oceanographic Program, by Function 
(1) 
Research 
Instrumentation 
Ships 
Surveys 
International Indian Ocean Expedition (IIOE) 
Facilities 
Data Center 
(11) 
Ship construction 
Surveys and data collection in support of 
research and agency missions 
Research, Instrumentation, IIOE 
and Facilities (Navy) 
Research, Instrumentation, IIOE 
and Facilities (Civil) 
These budgets represent the collective plans of 
Federal Agencies, coordinated in planning and 
execution by the Federal Council’s ICO to meet 
the collective goals outlined in the preceding sec- 
tion and simultaneously to strengthen the base of 
research and training resources required for the 
future. 
A summary of budgets is given in Volume 2, 
with a breakdown by agency, year, and functional 
area. 
The FY 1965 budget for oceanography achieves 
the goal, enunciated by President Johnson in his 
budget message of January 21, 1964 to meet na- 
tional needs while keeping costs under tight con- 
trol. The oceanographic component has also been 
developed from careful planning in relation to 
other needs and requirements which compete for 
Federal support. Finally, the research budget was 
developed taking into consideration the rate at 
which this field can grow so as not to outdistance 
Actual Estimated Proposed 
FY 1963 FY 1964 FY 1965 
$ 46,410 $ 58,722 $ 69,143 
6,658 6,386 9,110 
37,250 27,387 21,350 
18,036 21,916 25,014 
5,802 5,582 3,979 
8,875 2,937 8,420 
635 941 1,054 
$123,666 $123,871 $138,070 
Actual Estimated Proposed 
FY 1963 FY 1964 FY 1965 
$ 37,250 $ 27,387 $ 21,350 
18,671 22,857 26,134 
26,700 31,917 41,177 
41,045 41,710 49,409 
$123,666 $123,871 $138,070 
the specialized science skills upon which it de- 
pends. 
It should be recognized that this national pro- 
gram in oceanography is a multi-disciplinary enter- 
prise that embraces both basic and applied research 
in classical disciplines of biology, physics, chem- 
istry, as well as engineering applications related 
to the sea. Moreover, expansion of knowledge 
about the sea entails a dual activity of (a) stating 
and solving problems using methods of mathe- 
matics and the basic sciences, and (b) observing 
the gross features of the ocean. Historically the 
first endeavor was characterized as “oceanology,” 
the charting and mapping being designated as 
“oceanography.” These two mutually supporting 
activities are in this budget termed “research” and 
“surveys.” 
Research has been classified by five problem 
areas, shown in Table 4: 
