ADDRESS TO THE 4TH U. S. NAVY SYMPOSIUM 

 ON MILITARY OCEANOGRAPHY 

 BANQUET SESSION, WILLARD HOTEL, WASHINGTON, D. C. 



11 MAY 1967 



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Honorable Robert H. B. Baldwin 

 Under Secretary of the Navy 



Captain Owen, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and 

 Gentlemen. 



I am delighted at this opportunity to speak at 

 this 'banquet meeting of the Fourth Annual U. S. Navy 

 Symposium on Military Oceanography. 



I promise to be brief so that we can move on to 

 the presentation of the awards to those who contrib- 

 uted to the search and recovery of the unarmed nuclear 

 weapon off Palomares. 



Though it was only three years ago that this 

 Sjmiposium was inaugurated, it seems already to be an 

 instant tradition. The calibre of the delegates and 

 the quality of the papers and the discussions make 

 it obvious that these symposiums fill a real need and 

 the exchange of knowledge will be of great benefit to 

 both government and industry. 



The plain truth is, of course, that modern oceanog- 

 raphy is absolutely essential to national defense. 



This is particularly true with the coming of the 

 deep-diving, fast-running nuclear submarines with 

 their new sophisticated and powerful underwater weapons 

 systems. 



But I don't plan, this evening, to talk very 

 much about what oceanography can do for the military. 

 You are spending three days doing that. 



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