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Dr. Kavanagh. I can only say that we are subject to the Council of 

 the Academy when we come out as an Academy Committee to state the 

 position of the Academy. 



Mr. Rogers. What I think is that, if Congress asks specifically, this 

 committee, your advice as to organization, I presume with the expertise 

 that you have assembled there, you would be willing to give it to 

 Congress. 



Dr. Kavanagh. Yes. I indicated that I would be willing to go back 

 and try this tack. 



Mr. EoGERS. I wanted it made clear for the record that we want your 

 advice. 



Dr. Kavanagh. Yes. 



Mr. Lennon. Thank you, Mr. Counsel and Mr. Rogers, for getting 

 the record straight. 



Dr. Kavanagh. Thank you for the opportunity to be here. 



Mr. Lennon. The program for tomorrow calls for a presentation of 

 the recently completed Tektite project- — a most interesting and imagi- 

 native program — involving, and I think this is important, the coopera- 

 tion of industry and Government agencies in underwater habitat 

 experimentation. 



Presentation will be made by representatives of the Navy, the De- 

 partment of the Interior, the National Aeronautics and Space Ad- 

 ministration, and the General Electric Co. 



The four aquanauts will be present. They are Mr. Richard A. Waller, 

 oceanographer ; Mr. Conrad V. W. Mahnken, oceanographer ; Dr. H. 

 Edward Clifton, geologist; and Mr. John G. Van Derwalker, fishery 

 biologist. 



All of these gentlemen are of the Department of the Interior. We 

 think it will be a very imaginative, interesting and challenging 

 program. 



We will recess to reconvene tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock for this 

 purpose. 



(Whereupon, at 12 :10 p.m., the subcommittee recessed, to reconvene 

 at 10 a.m., Thursday, May 15, 1969.) 



