3, That the Interagency Committee on 

 Oceanography (ICO) consider the establishment of a- 

 panel on International Oceanographies Programs to 

 develop the plans and requirements of the United States in 

 fulfilling its obligations as agreed to in the resolutions 

 adopted by the Comniission. It is suggested that this panel be 

 headed by the Office of the Science Advisor of the Department 

 of State and that the membership include other appropriate 

 State representatives in addition to representatives of other 

 appropriate Departments included in the ICO. 



4. That the ICO Panel on International Oceanographic 

 Programs appoint as soon as possible two ad hoc working 

 groups to consider the following: 



(a) The Statutes of the Commission and the Rules 

 of Procedure, 



(b) The nature and organization of advisory channels 

 to the Commission, 



The first workiig group should include in its 

 membership representatives of the Departments of Interior, 

 Commerce, Defense, and National Science Foundation. It would 

 be the responsibility of this working group to study and 

 consider in detail the Statutes and Rules in order that a 

 consolidated United States position be established, well in 

 advance of the Second Session of the IOC, with respect to 

 changes in these documents if such appear necessary. 



The second working group should include in its 

 membership representatives of the Departments indicated above, 

 and from the various oceanographic disciplines of the scientific 

 community as well. It would be the responsibility of this 

 group to prepare the United States response to the request for 

 governmental views requested in paragraph 3 of the Resolution 

 on "Relationships between the IOC and Other Organizations" 

 (NS/IOC/Res Item 4) adopted at the First Session. 



5„ That the State Department forward to the Secretary of 

 the IOC, the nomination of Dr. W. Jacobs, Director of the 

 National Oceanographic Data Center, as the representative of 

 the United States to the IOC working group on Oceanographic 

 Data Exchanges, as requested in the adopted resolution on 

 exchange of oceanographic data ^S/IOC/Res Item 6(l_)/; the 

 State Department, acting on advice of the ICO, should also 

 forward to the Secretary of the IOC the names of US experts 

 on oceanographic radio communications and on fixed stations 

 for possible appointment to the working groups provided for 

 by the Resolutions on these subjects. 



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