Let me read a short quotation from the report -- 



"Because instabilities in the world situation cannot 

 he remedied quickly, military power will continue to he a 

 central factor in world affairs. As naval technology in- 

 creases, the depth and variety of undersea operations re- 

 quire detection systems of ever increasing power and com- 

 plexity. Today's advances in military undersea tech- 

 nology forecast an increasingly important role for U.S. 

 defense and deterrence capabilities in the global sea. 

 As the uses of the sea multiply, the Navy' s defense mis- 

 sion will be complicated by the presence of structures, 

 vehicles, and men. The resulting problems can be re- 

 solved only by the closest cooperation between civil and 

 military users of the sea. Furthermore, military and 

 civil science and technology for undersea operations can 

 and shoiild be mutually supporting, emphasizing the need 

 for cooperative action." 



"The Commission believes strongly that the Nation's 

 stake in the uses of the sea requires a U.S. Navy capable 

 of carrying out its national defense missions anywhere in 

 the oceans, at any desired depth, at any time." 



These two paragraphs and others I could quote indicate that the 

 Commission had a clear understanding not only of the role of naval 

 oceanography in national defense but of the importance of close co- 

 operation between the Defense Department and whatever central civil- 

 ian agency Congress might set up as a res\ilt of the report. 



Additional effort by another agency would be welcome. But the 

 important thing is that the programs be constructed to complement 

 each other and so avoid duplication of effort at the taxpayer's 

 expense. As recognized by the Commission, we cannot of course ab- 

 dicate our responsibilities, for the sea is our natural operating 

 environment and the nation will accept no excuse if we fail to 

 maintain an adequate security posture . 



To us, oceanography is merely a means to an end. Our efforts 

 in this field accoiuit for more than one -half of the entire Federal 

 program. The budget we have submitted for Fiscal Year 1970, which 

 starts a few days from now comes to $278 million dollars. 



When I mention dollar figures I shoxild say that these are not 

 just handed to us by people who think oceanography is a great thing. 

 Every program fights its way through the budget cycles in competi- 

 tion with all other Navy efforts. 



As the Navy's Oceanographer, I have three double-hatted assist- 

 ants whose authority in their primary jobs extends into wide areas 

 of the naval establishment. These assistants are the Chief of Naval 



