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most of these modes of cooperation are being carried out in one 
or more projects. There is also a provision to facilitate the use of 
port facilities of the two countries for ships’ services and supplies 
in the course of carrying out cooperative activities. This is to facilitate 
field projects, particularly those involving scientists from one country 
participating in a project aboard the ship of the other country. 
The actual implementation of the agreement is the responsibility 
of a U.S.-U.S.S.R. Joint Committee on cooperation in World Ocean 
Studies. This Joint Committee approves the specific projects and pro- 
grams to be included under the agreement, it designates the ap- 
propriate agencies and organizations that are to be responsible for 
carrying out specific activities; and, as appropriate, it makes recom- 
mendations to the two governments concerning the agreement and 
its activities. In addition, each country has an Executive Agent respon- 
sible for maintaining contact with the other side and for coordinating 
and supervising the development and implementation of cooperative 
activities. For the United States the Executive Agent is the Department 
of Commerce with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra- 
tion being delegated this responsibility. For the Soviet Union it is 
the Academy of Sciences, U.S.S.R., with the State Committee for 
Science and Technology providing the Executive Secretariat support. 
It is also specified in the agreement that it is to remain in force 
for 5 years and may be modified or extended by mutual agreement. 
The full text of the agreement is provided in appendix A. 
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AGREEMENT 
Following the signing of the agreement, the U.S. side of the Joint 
Committee on Cooperation in World Ocean Studies was established 
as the principal policy group to guide and direct the associated U.S. 
efforts. The committee is chaired by the Administrator of the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), of the Department 
of Commerce, the Executive Agent. Other members include the Under 
Secretary of the Navy, as Vice Chairman, and policy level officials 
representing the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Depart- 
ment of State. In addition, the National Advisory Committee for the 
Oceans and Atmosphere (NACOA) and the National Academies of 
Science and Engineering provide members.. The committee functions 
with a Secretariat from NOAA, NSF and the Office of Naval Research, 
the principal Federal agencies sponsoring oceanographic research in- 
volved in the agreement. The present committee membership is shown 
in Appendix B. 
The first task of the U.S. committee was to develop projects for 
cooperation with the Soviet Union to be considered at the first Joint 
Committee meeting. The initial projects considered were primarily 
those developed as a result of the Nierenberg/Brekhovskikh exchange. 
A fundamental criteria for the selection of projects has been 
established which requires all such projects accepted by the USS. 
side to have a Federal agency sponsor. This requirement is to insure 
that the United States fulfills its obligations under the agreement and 
does not develop or agree to participate in projects unless resources 
for carrying them out are available. 
