MERCHANT MARINE AND FISHERIES NINETY-THIRD CONGRESS H.R. 16411, H.R. 17508, H.R. 17517, H.R. 17571, H. Con. Res. 687 DECEMBER 10, 11, 1974 Serial No. 93-42 Printed for the use of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries 43-881 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1975 COMMITTEE ON MERCHANT MARINE AND FISHERIES LEONOR K. (Mrs. John B.) SULLIVAN, Missouri, Chairman FRANK M. CLARK, Pennsylvania THOMAS L. ASHLEY, Ohio JOHN D. DINGELL, Michigan FRANK A. STUBBLEFIELD, Kentucky JOHN M. MURPHY, New York GLENN M. ANDERSON, California GERRY E. STUDDS, Massachusetts JAMES R. GROVER, JR., New York CHARLES A. MOSHER, Ohio PHILIP E. RUPPE, Michigan GEORGE A. GOODLING, Pennsylvania PAUL N. MCCLOSKEY, JR., California ROBERT H. STEELE, Connecticut EDWIN B. FORSYTHE, New Jersey PIERRE S. (PETE) DU PONT, Delaware- TRENT LOTT, Mississippi ROBERT E. BAUMAN, Maryland ROBERT J. LAGOMARSINO, California CONTENTS · Brown, Ambassador L. Dean, Deputy Under Secretary for Manage- Hogue, Capt. Phillip A., Deputy Chief, Office of Operations, U.S. Lynn, Comdr. John B., Chief, Maritime Laws and Treaties Branch, Moore, Hon. John Norton, Chairman, the National Security Council Interagency Task Force on the Law of the Sea and Deputy Special Assistant of the President for the Law of the Sea Conference__ Stevenson, Ambassador John R., Special Representative of the Presi- Page 10, 39 U.S. delegation report of the third United Nations Conference 91 4 25 Correspondence supplied by- Dingell, Hon. John D., letter dated August 1, 1974. Siler, Adm. O. W., Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, letter to Hon. Moore, John Norton, letter dated September 5, 1974- Wright, Marshall, letter dated January 16, 1974. Sullivan, Hon. Leonor K., letters dated- June 21, 1974 with 17 cosigners_ Brennan, James, esq., Office of General Counsel, NOAA. Knecht, Robert W., director, Office of Coastal Zone Management, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Marks, William D., chief, Water Development Services Division, Bureau of Water Management, Department of Natural Resources, |