costs are paid from these special foreign currency appropriations, the cost excluding the cost of American positions

Mr. ROONEY. I didn't ask you the cost. I asked for the request.

Mr. SOKOLOSKI. $391,111 for the total of Burma in the salaries and expenses appropriation, and there was $474,054 in the special foreign currency appropriation, for a total of $865,165.

Mr. ROONEY. When were you kicked out?

Mr. MOORE. We just got the announcement yesterday that we were kicked out.

Mr. ROONEY. When are these people going to be out of there?
Mr. MOORE. They will be out by January 1.

Mr. MARKS. That is the library, as I understand it. Mr. Byroade will retain certain other activities which he believes he can salvage, is that correct?

Mr. MOORE. That is correct.

Mr. ROONEY. How about Indonesia?

Mr. POSNER. A total of $986.489 was applied to Vietnam.

Mr. MARKS. How much was the request?

Mr. ROONEY. I am talking about Indonesia.

Mr. POSNER. For Indonesia the request was $1,212,368. The amount transferred to Vietnam was $986,489.

Mr. ROONEY. Let's get once again to Indonesia. What was the alleged savings?

Mr. POSNER. $986,489.

Mr. ROONEY. What was the request in the 1966 budget?

Mr. SOKOLOSKI. $1,212,368.

Mr. ROONEY. When was that closed down?

Mr. MOORE. As of June 30.

Mr. ROONEY. What happened to the difference?

Mr. POSNER. May we answer off the record, Mr. Chairman? (Off the record.)

Mr. ROONEY. Now, with regard to the third country, to wit, Cambodia?

Mr. POSNER. The amount transferred is

Mr. ROONEY. First, let's have the amount of the alleged savings.

Mr. POSNER. $293,023.

Mr. ROONEY. How much was originally requested?

Mr. SOKOLOSKI. $293,423. The difference is $400 in representation funds.

Mr. ROONEY. What happened to the $400?

Mr. SOKOLOSKI. The $400 would be part of our representation limitation.

Mr. ROONEY. Was that a going away, bon voyage party?

Mr. POSNER. That also was saved. We have a fourth category, totaling $48,602, which represents those costs we normally include in our "worldwide" account which includes the representation item. Therefore, the $400 was also "saved."

Mr. ROONEY. You should have explained that first. He would not have made the blooper. It is too late to correct it now. It is indelibly inscribed.

VEHICLE REPLACEMENT

What is this $204,800 for motor vehicle replacements at page 23! This is really something. All we have on this in the justifications is: The request will provide for the purchase and shipping of 31 additional and 14 replacement vehicles for Thailand, $129,800, and 27 additional vehicles for Vietnam, $75,000.

Mr. POSNER. Mr. Chairman, the detail is as follows:

The 27 vehicles for Vietnam will consist of 21 vehicles we refer to as "multimedia mobile units." They are at a cost of $2,000 each. There is an additional cost of $600 each for shipment. The total for these 21 vehicles is $54,600. The remaining six vehicles are station wagons, carryalls. The cost per vehicle is $2,600. The shipping cost is $800 each, for a total of $20,400.

In Thailand, there is a total of 29 multimedia mobile units, and a total of 16 station wagon/carryalls, for a total cost of $129,800. The above items make up the estimate of $204,800.

The 27 vehicles for Vietnam will be used in connection with the 25 additional American field representatives and the 20 additional local employees assigned to the provincial field operations.

Concerning the 45 vehicles for Thailand, 14 are replacements of vehicles in our inventory, and 31 are additional. These 31 will be distributed as follows: 2 multimedia units and 2 station wagons will be located in Chiengmai; 1 station wagon at Korat; 2 multimedia units and 2 station wagons at Udon; 2 station wagons at Songkhla; 1 multimedia unit and I station wagon at Ubon; at Klon Kaen where we are setting up a new installation, there will be 4 multimedia units and 2 station wagons; at Nakorn Phanom, a new location, the figures are 2 units and I station wagon; at Phitsanuloke, also new, 2 units and 1 wagon; at Nakorn Sawan, a new installation, 2 units and 1 wagon. Three of the station wagons will be at Bangkok.

The 16 additional station wagons are required as support vehicles for the mobile information teams that are being set up in conjunction with the Thai Government. The 15 additional multimedia mobile units are related principally to the additional installations that we are opening in Thailand, the additional branch posts.

Mr. ROONEY. Is it possible with all these additional vehicles on the road in Vietnam you might demoralize the American troops there, seeing your people riding around, or is that inconsequential-withdrawn?

ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION OF RADIO FACILITIES

With regard to the acquisition and construction of radio facilities and the request for $9,604,000 additional, what is the unobligated balance in this account at the present time?

Mr. POSNER. As of June 30, 1965, the estimated unobligated balance is $14,974,011.

Mr. ROONEY. How much do you expect to obligate during fiscal year 1966, and for what purpose, of that amount, $14,974,011?

Mr. POSNER. I believe substantially all of the $14,974,011 carried over is to be obligated in fiscal year 1966. There is an unobligated balance to be carried forward, but that would relate principally to the additional funds appropriated and not to the carryover.

PROJECT BAMBOO

Mr. ROONEY. How much has been appropriated to date for the socalled Project Bamboo, and where is Project Bamboo?

Mr. ADAMSON. The total appropriated for Project Bamboo to date is $22,765,000, and that is the total estimated cost.

Mr. ROONEY. Where is it, and when will it be completed?

Mr. ADAMSON. The design is almost completed. We expect to sign the prime construction contract in February 1966. The equipment is already on order.

Mr. ROONEY. My question was very simple-when will it be completed?

Mr. ADAMSON. I am sorry. It is expected to be on the air in February 1968.

Mr. ROONEY. You never answered the question I included twice. Where is it?

Mr. ADAMSON. In the Philippines, sir.

Mr. ROONEY. Is that project going forward as was testified to at the last regular hearing?

Mr. ADAMSON. Yes, sir. There have been no

Mr. ROONEY. No snafus have come up yet?

Mr. ADAMSON. We had one we were worried about, but it is completely resolved. The only problem is normal completion of the design, checking it, and contracting it.

Mr. ROONEY. Are we going to have title to that?

Mr. ADAMSON. To the complete project?

Mr. ROONEY. Yes.

Mr. ADAMSON. Title to the land will be held by the Government of the Philippines, although we will, of course, have complete use of it for the relay station.

Mr. ROONEY. This is land that we bought?

Mr. ADAMSON. That is correct, sir.

Mr. ROONEY. And we are not going to have title to it?

Mr. ADAMSON. No, sir.

Mr. ROONEY. That is a brilliant achievement.

What did that land cost? Is not this the project where you went to all sorts of silly lengths to cover up the acquisition of the land, and now after paying for it, we are not going to wind up with title to it? Is that not that project?

Mr. ADAMSON. This is that project.

Mr. ROONEY. The one where we were supposed to be going in the cattle business; is that correct?

Mr. ADAMSON. That is correct.

Mr. ROONEY. Now it turns out we are not going to have title to it.

Mr. ADAMSON. No, sir. We used this procedure to acquire the land, to reduce the cost on the land, rather than have the Philippine Government use condemnation procedures. Otherwise, we would have paid them for the land use directly, had they acquired it. Mr. POSNER. The total cost is $1,250,000.

Mr. ROONEY. Now then, this Project Bamboo in the Philippines that will be completed in February 1968, for which you have already appropriated $22 million plus, why then do you need $150,000 for modification of Philippine megawatt?

Mr. ADAMSON. The antenna of the Philippine megawatt was originally designed to reach mainland China. To put a good signal with that antenna into the southern regions will require modifications, sir. It is a modification of the existing antenna.

Mr. ROONEY. What happens to these antenna after Bamboo goes into operation?

Mr. ADAMSON. This will remain, sir, and continue to be used. This is the mediumwave station for which these modification funds are requested.

EXISTING RELAY FACILITIES

Mr. ROONEY. By the way, do we not have a transportable facility at the present time?

Mr. ADAMSON. Yes, sir.

Mr. ROONEY. And if so, where is it?

Mr. ADAMSON. Part of it is located in the Phillippines at the existing station. The receiving station is located in Hue, South Vietnam. Mr. ROONEY. Why do we not use the facility we have?

Mr. ADAMSON. It is being used, sir.

Mr. MOORE. It is fully committed for broadcasting into North Vietnam.

Mr. ROONEY. I wish you would furnish the reader of this record some semblance of justification as to why we should be getting this transportable transmitter when we already have one.

Mr. ADAMSON. We would be pleased to. Our problem with the existing relay facilities in the Philippines is that (1) the original design was not for the southeast Asia area; and (2) the limited number of transmitters and antenna that we have had there. We cannot, without a cost in other languages already being relayed by that station, add the broadcast we wish to put on the transportable for which we are now requesting funds.

(The information follows:)

The transportable shortwave relay station, for which $2,313,000 are requested in the fiscal year 1966 supplemental appropriation, is necessary to mount additional hours of broadcasting in Indonesian and Burmese. Relay facilities currently in use in the Philippines are employed to capacity during desirable listening hours as shown in the following use table.

Existing antennas were not designed to reach Indonesia and there is no land on or near the relay station on which to locate new antennas on the required azimuth. Therefore, if the decision could be made to stop broadcasts in one of the languages now on the existing transmitters our signal to Indonesia would still not be adequate. The additional transmitter capacity is needed to permit the planned increase of 2 hours per day each in Burmese and Indonesian.

The transportable station requested, located on the land of Project Bamboo, will enable us to increase broadcasts in Indonesian and Burmese within 9 months from the date funds are made available.

Choice Indonesian listening time: 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. (West Indonesian Time). During that period the current VOA schedule on the 12 Philippine shortwave transmitters (from 71⁄2 to 100 kilowatts) follows:

Mr. ROONEY. How much did the transportable we now have cost? Mr. ADAMSON. The original cost for the shortwave transportable station was $1,508,000.

Mr. ROONEY. This one you are now asking for would cost $2,313,000?

Mr. ADAMSON. Yes, sir; that is correct.

PROJECT TEAK

Mr. ROONEY. Where is TEAK to be located?

Mr. ADAMSON. It is to be located in Thailand.

Mr. ROONEY. How is Thailand covered at the moment?