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ographer of the Navy for Ocean Sciences, and who also I might inject 

 is a graduate of the University of Washington, and his home town is 

 Seattle, sir. 



He is accompanied by several members of his staff and, as you know, 

 he and his staff were directly responsible for the conduct of the opera- 

 tions of the Tektite Project, and they will be available for such dis- 

 cussion as you may require. 



As you know, Telvtite I was a cooperative operation between Navy, 

 NASA, the Dei)artment of the Interior and the General Electric Co. 

 It was in itself a unique experiment involving a pioneering effort to 

 perform a variety of scientific experiments on the ocean floor over a 

 longer period of time than had ever before been attempted. 



It has been marked, I am very happy to say, by complete success in 

 all of its objectives. 



To sort of emphasize what the chairman said a moment ago, we are 

 all proud of the successful cooperative flavor of Telvtite I, but it would 

 be unfair to say that this particular characteristic of this operation 

 was unique. This is because there are many other ventures now being 

 carried on in a cooperative spirit between several agencies of the Fed- 

 eral Government and some include cooperation with industry. 



I think this is a very important point to make about a situation that 

 is gratifying to all of us in the ocean business. 



In describing to you the different objectives of the participants in 

 Tektite I and their accomplishments, we will begin with Mr. O'Neal, 

 who is the Director of the Ocean Science and Technology Division of 

 the Office of Naval Research, and who was the operational director of 

 the project. 



He will be followed by a spokesman from NASA, General Electric, 

 ■and the aquanauts from the Department of the Interior, in that order. 



You will notice that we suggest the appearance of the real stars of 

 Tektite I as the final and principal attraction and which we consider 

 as most fitting. 



If it meets with your approval, our speakers will make their pres- 

 entations as briefly and succinctly as possible one after the other, in- 

 viting you to ask questions of any of them after the aquanauts have 

 made their presentation. 



We also have with us a 17-minute film which we are prepared to 

 show if time permits. 



I should now like to introduce Mr. H. A. O'Neal. 



Mr. Lennon. Thank you, sir. 



Come forward, please, sir. Let me say, gentlemen, that if any other 

 lady comes, will someone on the staff bring her up and seat her so that 

 these gentlemen won't have to stand. Any lady that comes in from now 

 on, or any lady who cannot see, bring her up here on this lower row. 



Go right ahead, sir. 



STATEMENT OP H. A. O'NEAL, DIRECTOR, OCEAN SCIENCE AND 

 TECHNOLOGY DIVISION, OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH 



Mr. O'Neal. Mr. Chairman and members of the committee: The 

 Office of Naval Research conducted the Sealab I and Sealab II exer- 

 cises a number of years ago, introducing the concept of man living 

 under the sea in America. Under this program one of the major ob- 



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