participating organization. In addition, separate releases were generated on 

 the roles of the Highline Community College students, the University of Texas 

 students, the medical personnel from the University of Texas Medical Branch, 

 and the support divers from the Department of the Army. Stouffers Foods 

 Company prepared a separate press kit and conducted a press conference in 

 Cleveland, Ohio, after clearing the material with the Public Affairs Office. 

 The General Electric Company also prepared a number of stories and hand-outs. 

 Additionally, more than 2,000 requests for CACHETS were honored from philate- 

 lists throughout the United States and more than a dozen other countries. 



VISITORS 



Among the list of distinguished visitors were Prime Minister Pierre E. Trudeau 

 of Canada, Secretary of the Interior Walter J, Hickel, Assistant Secretaries 

 of the Interior Leslie L, Glasgow and James R. Smith, Assistant Secretary of 

 the Army Eugene M. Becker, the Ambassadors to the United Nations from Yugoslavia, 

 Australia, and the Sudan as well as some 30 other members of the United Nations 

 Seabed Committee and nearly 30 of the Washington based foreign science com- 

 munity. Official observers came from such countries as Korea, Japan, Canada, 

 Argentina, Mexico, France, and Sweden. Several members of Congress also visited 

 the program, including Senator Ernest F. Rollings, member of the Banking and 

 Currency Committee and Commerce Committee, Congressman Alton Lennon, Chairman 

 of the House Subcommittee on Oceanography, and Congressman George E. Shipley of 

 the Appropriations Committee. 



In general, the visitor program went well, especially in terms of results. An 

 effort was made such that all visits would be coordinated through the Public 

 Affairs Office. When this was done, Program personnel operated with the effi- 

 ciency and flexibility necessary to insure the visit's success. 



Generally, visits began with a briefing by the Director of Public Affairs, pro- 

 gressed via the Program boat to the Dive Platform for a briefing, demonstration 

 and, where possible, a dive in the Personnel Transfer Capsule; then, to the 

 Command Van for briefings by the watch director and the resident psychologist; 

 and finally to the Base Camp for additional briefings . Program personnel 

 cooperated such as to make this a most effective public affairs tool. The 

 resident coordinator from the General Electric Company proved most cooperative 

 and rendered invaluable assistance in providing housing, boat transportation 

 and frequently diving support. One of the most successful techniques employed 

 was to have each visitor become as directly involved in the program as he 

 wished. Usually this meant at least a ride in the Personnel Transfer Capsule. 

 Frequently it included snorkelling over the habitat; and whenever possible, 

 it also meant a SCUBA dive to the habitat. Several visitors also gained new 

 insights into marine research when they learned, for the first time, how to 

 SCUBA dive. The only problems occurred when either an organization failed to 

 coordinate a visit or a visitor showed up unexpectedly. These cases were 

 rare, however, and were generally worked in satisfactorily. 



RESULTS 



Press clippings have come in from almost every conceivable location. Coverage 

 virtually encircled the globe. Television spots were run in the evening news 

 shows throughout the country and in many countries around the world, including 



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