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that was faster and deeper diving than many of our nuclear submarines. This -was 

 discovered in time and continued aerial reconnaissance confirmed the situation and 

 a program to develop faster deeper diving United States submarines has now 

 begun. 



The programs also showed some examples of photographs which approxi- 

 mated real reconnaissance pictures shot from aircraft and spacecraft. According 

 to the narration, against the sun glitter on the ocean could be seen ships' wakes 

 viewed from an airplane. The ships had long since gone but where two wakes 

 came together a submarine and its tender had rendezvoused. By the use of infra- 

 red and other photographic devices it was revealed that the speed of these ships 

 could be determined and whether or not they were nuclear powered. Finally, the 

 program pointed out a statement of ex-President Johnson's in a little -noticed 

 speech last year, in which he remarked that more than enough billions of dollars 

 have been saved through satellite reconnaissance to pay for the entire military and 

 civilian space programs. Incidentally, this is a striking example of the relation 

 between space and the ocean and why the advanced technology companies of the 

 aerospace and electronics companies are interested in oceanography. It is our 

 understanding that this ABC-TV program is to be repeated April 7th at 7:30. We 

 urge those of our clients who missed it on February 9th to watch for it again. 



U.S.S. Dolphin (AGSS -555) 



This new nuclear deep diving Navy subjmarine prototype has recently com- 

 pleted its design depth test dive which is thought to be about 6, 000 feet. By the mid- 

 1970's it is believed the Navy will have submarines capable of operating at such a 

 greatly increased depth. The Thresher, it will be recalled, apparently collapsed 

 at a depth of about 1, 000 feet, while undergoing design depth test dives and sub- 

 sequently sank to the bottom where it was found at 8,400 feet. Present high speed 

 nuclear attack submarine hull profiles arepatterned after that of the specially built 

 diesel powered USS Albacore which was the prototype test unit in the 1950's for the 

 optimum fully submerged and highly successful high speed hull. The Dolphin is to 

 play the same role as a prototype for advanced deep diving nuclear powered sub- 

 marines. It is more than just a research vessel, as it is designed and built to 

 test deep ocean weapons and tactics to develop weapons capable of being fired to 

 and from much greater depths than is possible with systems now operational. 



THE RISING SOVIET SEA POWER 



Dr. John J. Clark, Dean of the College of Business Administration, St. 

 John's University, New York, in a prize essay appearing in the March edition of 

 the U. S. Naval Institute Proceedings had the following to say about the emerging 

 Soviet naval threat: 



" The single most ominous episode of contemiporary history, largely 

 underrated by West European states, is the gradual shift of emphasis 

 by the Soviets to a maritime strategy. The Russian bear senses that 

 in any struggle of global dimiensions, control of the sea constitutes 



