Mr. ADDABBO. How much of the $3.9 billion? Mr. BRAZIER. Of the total amount that is additive to the amount that had been previously provided and discussed with the committee in the course of the zero supplemental-$96 million. Mr. ADDABBO. What is the total amount for research for fiscal year 1968? Mr. BRAZIER. I do not have that number with me, sir. I can put it in the record. (The information follows:) The total requirement for research for fiscal year 1968 including currently requested supplementals is $7,226.6 million. QUESTIONABLE RESEARCH PROJECTS Mr. ADDABBO. During our hearings on the fiscal year 1969 budget there was testimony relative to some very questionable items being researched. Recently there also came to light a few others. One, I understand, is a research project studying witchcraft in the Congo and also a study of crickets in South America. Mr. BRAZIER. I am not aware of such programs. Mr. ADDABBO. Would you check that out? Mr. BRAZIER. Yes, sir. (The information follows:) Senior military officers have reported many instances of dealing with military situations in developing nations where witchcraft, sorcery, and magic have played a significant role. One example derives from the experience of U.S. Army officers in working with Philippine guerrillas against the Japanese in World War II. Another example is the final suppression of Mau Mau terrorism. A considerable amount of the success in this action is attributed to the knowledge of a few individuals of the witchcraft and sorcery employed by the Mau Mau. The paper titled "Witchcraft, Sorcery, Magic, and Other Psychological Phenomena in the Congo and Implications for Military and Paramilitary Operations" was a response by the Cultural Information Analysis Center to a request for information by the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Military Operations. The 11page report, released in August 1964, involved one man-week of effort and cost an estimated $522. The Department of Defense is not currently supporting a study of crickets in South America nor are we aware of such a contract in the past. Mr. ADDABBO. Asking for $3.9 billion with alleged pilferage in South Vietnam of $10 billion and with research on many way-out projects which I think can be ended, and should be ended at this time, when we are in need of funds for more important things, I think we may possibly find $3.6 billion in an overall research budget of close to $8 billion. I imagine there are many items being researched with which no one person is familiar, and probably not even the Secretary of Defense. I wish you would check into these allegations and supply something for the record on this. Mr. BRAZIER. All right, sir. (The information requested follows:) The fiscal year 1968 R.D.T. & E. program, as of January 1968, totaled $7.4 billion. It was divided roughly as follows: $4.9 billion for new weapon system development; $1.2 billion for management and support; $0.9 billion for exploratory development; and $0.4 billion for research. The financing for this program totaled $7.1 billion and the difference between this amount and the total program had to be accomplished by recovering prior year funds and by reducing or eliminating the lowest priority items. In addition, $0.3 billion of new unforeseen requirements for developments in support of our effort in Vietnam had to be 93-035 0- -68-59 provided for. Due to the above financing deficit and unforeseen requirements, the fiscal year 1968 R.D.T. & E. program is extremely austere. Any further reductions would seriously disrupt urgent weapon systems developments. Research is a small portion (about 5 percent) of the entire R.D.T. & E. program; and of this amount, only about $25 million is in the area that has been the subject of recent discussion in the Congress and in the press. Each research project area is reviewed at least twice during the year by the Office of the Director of Defense Research and Engineering in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. In other testimony before the committee, Dr. John S. Foster, Director of Defense Research and Engineering, has pointed out that without a sustained investment in relatively basic, defense-relevant science and technology, the United States cannot hope to sustain its margin of technological superiority in advanced weapons and defense systems. Mr. ADDABBO. No further questions. Mr. MAHON. Thank you very much, gentlemen. LIST OF WITNESSES Alexander, C. H.. Allred, Capt. J. B. Anderson, D. H.. Arnold, Miss Mildred. Avery, G. A.. Back, Kenneth_ Bawcombe, W. E. Bersano, P. J.. Betts, Lt. Gen. A. W. Blocker, Brig. Gen. J. S. Brown, W. G. Bucy, C. W. Buhl, J. M Burton, J. M. Caldwell, A. C Cardwell, J. B. Carroll, Dr. J. M Cashman, Dr. J. W Cavanaugh, Dr. J. H Chadwick, H. V. Chernoff, H. L.. Clark, Hon. T. C. Clay, Maj. Gen. L. D., Jr. Cliff, E. P. Clifford, Hon. C. M. Cole, J. H Coleman, R. W. Corum, Miss V. D. Crooks, H. A. Crow, Maj. Gen. D. L. Crow, J. O Currie, D. A.. Cushman, John Curtis, W. R.. Davis, R. D. Farrell, R. F. Page 229, 256 331 279 711 256 187 561 557 573 142 229, 256 178 233 187 587 384 122 711 469 256 560 571 711 573 711 285 331 587 587 560 587 69, 122, 142, 163, 178, 187 568 142 163 378 310 262 712 362 711 569 562 285 178 712 384 587 500 25 229 457 362 556 69 293 Finner, W. F. Foster, Hon. J. S. Friesen, E. C., Jr. Futterman, J. S.. Grimm, Rear Adm. E. D. Hardy, Kenneth_. Hartzog, G. B., Jr. Heinz, Vice Adm. L. C. Hibler, Capt. O. N., Jr.. Hughes, J. F. Hummel, Don. Hummel, E. A Hutchinson, Billy.. Jamieson, J. R. Hunter, J. A.. Hurwitz, D. S. 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