Subsequently, the Steering Committee met and elected the 

 following Chairmen for these working groups: 



Working Group No. 2 - Commodore K. P. Ryzhkov (USSR) 



Working Group No. 3 - Dr. Roger Revelle (USA) 



8. In the plenary discussion of Agenda Item 7, 

 Standardization and Intercalibration of Methods and Instruments, 

 Dr. Wooster, Secretary to the IOC, indicated that the Inter- 

 national Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES) had 

 given considerable attention to some of the problems involved 

 and has requested UNESCO to organize a small group of scientists 

 to meet and further explore these problems. Dr. Wooster stated 

 that UNESCO would probably call together representatives from 

 ICES, Special Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR), and 

 International Association of Physical Oceanography (lAPO) for 

 this purpose. 



9. Agenda Item 8, International Oceanographic Vessel 

 (lOV), was discussed at some length in plenary. Vice Admiral 

 Tchekourov (USSR) indicated general objection to the lOV 

 concept, basing his argument in part on the uncertain legal 

 status of such a vessel under international law. Dr. Wooster, 

 IOC Secretary, indicated that legal studies showed that this 

 problem was not insurmountable. The main issue, he stated, 

 was whether such a vessel was actually required. Further 

 discussion indicated that there was not too much support for 

 the lOV or for further consideration of it. Captain 



de Frigata da Silva (Brazil) stated that no lOV was required 

 since Brazil was offering one of her own by inviting aboard 

 scientists of any nation who wished to participate in its 

 operations. However, Dr. Panikkar (India) suggested that the 

 matter not be closed but kept open for further study and 

 discussion at another session. Dr. Revelle (USA) supported 

 India by stating that the time did not appear ripe to 

 consider such an imaginative program. He suggested that the 

 subject be kept open for discussion at some future session 

 of the IOC. This view gained general acceptance. The 

 Chairman. Dr. Bruun, then appointed a special working group 

 (Annex v) to draft a resolution indicating the sense of the 

 Commission relative to further considerations of the lOV. 



