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studies involved. It is well underway and we are hopeful that the 
January 30 date can be met. But it would be premature for me to 
really give a complete status report. 
Mr. Lennon. The Deputy Under Secretary, Mr. Gibbons, has agreed 
to participate as a panel member and hopefully those who come here 
from the States can receive some really helpful information since you 
state here, as the other Secretaries did, representing Transportation 
and Commerce Departments where they said they were involved in 
this, too, in depth. That is what they both said in their statements. 
Based on their wide knowledge that they have of the subject matter 
according to the statement, they are going to be asked to come and 
present a position paper on this question. In their statements they say 
that they are experts in the matter, and hopefully the Department of 
the Interior, because of its interest and concern and previous involve- 
ment and the dialog with the States, that you say you have in your 
statement, can also make a substantial contribution to the understand- 
ing by the representatives of the States and the departments that we 
all have together. 
Tam sure your Department will do that. Go ahead, sir. 
Mr. Train. J think that you will find that Mr. Gibbons’ participa- 
tion will be very valuable in meeting your objectives. 
Chapter 4, “Marine Resources,” is also an important chapter to 
Interior. It demonstrates that, despite the importance of the coastal 
zone, the United States has important international responsibilities 
for development of the resources of the high seas. These problems are 
extremely complex, and they can be resolved only after very careful 
consideration of all possible alternatives. 
There are no simple answers to the questions of limits to national 
jurisdiction over the seabed and its resources or to the fishery resources 
of the superjacent waters. The same can be said about the forms of 
international machinery that might best apply to the deep sea. The 
solutions proposed by the Commission are not the only solutions, nor 
necessarily the best solutions. The answers must be found only after 
very careful deliberation. 
Interior has been working closely with the Departments of State, 
Defense, and other Federal agencies on this matter. 
Chapter 5, “The Global Environment,” and chapter 6, “Technical 
and Operating Services,” deal with exploration and monitoring of the 
environment, mapping, safety at sea, and policing, among other 
matters. 
These subjects are just as important to resource development and 
management as they are to man’s direct interests in weather predic- 
tion, erosion control, or transportation. The environment of living 
resources cannot be understood if it is studied apart from the resources 
themselves. Exploration of sea bottom topography should not be 
divorced from minerals exploration and technology. 
Design and testing of scientific and technical equipment must be 
coordinated closely with scientific studies of the resources themselves. 
This requires close liaison between the agencies performing these vari- 
ous functions. Expanded exploration should be planned in connection 
with improved coordination. Nearly all of the services described are 
services that Interior must use, or which we can provide. Thus they 
require close coordination with other Federal agencies. We are pre- 
