development and exploitation of all our underwater 

 resources. 



I have taken time here to mention Just a few high- 

 lights concerning some things that have happened since 

 your last meeting as well as some ongoing programs that 

 you will be concerned with between now and the Fifth 

 Symposium. 



Let me close by reminding you that in this business 

 ideas are everything. Give us the ideas and the Navy- 

 industry team can produce the hardware. 



Ideas of course grow out of imagination applied to 

 facts and you are going to hear a lot of facts in these 

 next three days. 



All I ask of anyone of you sitting here is to just 

 give us one good idea. It would make the entire meeting 

 worthwhile. 



Good Luck. 



Xll 



