In issuing this special supplement to its Fiscal Year 

 1965 National Oceanographic Program, the Interagency Committee 

 on Oceanography seeks to accomplish three purposes: 



(1) Provide background on the organization 

 and broad objectives of the IIOE and 

 ICITA. 



(2) Identify the U.S. agencies and 

 institutions conducting or supporting 

 research in both programs. 



(3) Describe the work of each institution 

 in terms of cruise areas, facilities 

 and personnel committed, and specific 

 research objectives. 



It should be noted that this document is not a report 



of research accomplishment ; this will be the subject of future 



publications. Rather, it is a report designed to keep the 



scientific community abreast of past, present and planned 



operations of U.S. institutions participating in these two 



important international oceanographic efforts. 



