Colonel FENLON. Yes, sir; it was.

General CURTIN. Last year, you may recall, Mr. Chairman, there was some question about the United Kingdom, and there were several items initially deferred.

Colonel FENLON. The fifth item is a repetitive item. It is an additional 1,600 kilowatts of primary electrical power needed on the base. Existing base resources are not capable of providing the continuous reliable power needed for the mission accomplishment. Senator CANNON. You can proceed to page 147.

LINDSEY AIR STATION, GERMANY

Colonel FENLON. On page 147 is Lindsey Air Station at Wiesbaden, Germany, Headquarters, U.S. Air Forces in Europe. The program requested at this location amounts to $172,000 and provides for alteration work to an existing structurally sound building involving some 5,900 square feet. It will provide a major headquarters command structure in direct support of data automation control for the commander in chief of USAFE.

Completion of this project will provide a more immediate and larger command and control range which will vastly increase and improve combat effectiveness throughout the command.

Senator CANNON. All right, next one.

OBERKURCHEN RADIO RELAY SITE, GERMANY

Colonel FENLON. Page 149, Oberkurchen radio relay site, located 2 miles north of Oberkurchen, Germany.

The program requested for this site amounts to $171,000 and provides for the construction of a new 3,800 square foot permanent radio relay facility in the chain of relays comprising the central European communications complex. This replaces the temporary mobile vans now in use in this station.

Senator CANNON. This is similar to the one you mentioned a few minutes ago?

Colonel FENLON. Yes, sir.

Senator CANNON. All right, page 151.

RHINEMAIN AIR FORCE BASE, GERMANY

Colonel FENLON. Rhinemain Air Force Base located within the city limits of Frankfurt, Germany. This mission here is the air movement route MATS, rotational medium troop carrier squadron. The only item requested in this program is for an addition of 8,700 square feet to the existing MATS air freight terminal. We discussed this under the repetitive items.

Senator CANNON. The next one.

SOUTH RUISLIP AIR STATION, ENGLAND

Colonel FENTON. Page 152, South Ruislip Air Station, located 2 miles southeast of Ruislip, England. The mission here is support of headquarters, 3d Air Force. The program requested in the amount of $247,000 involves alteration work in the interior of the existing

headquarters building comprising 4,700 square feet to provide environmentally controlled space for installation of automatic command and control equipment in the command post area. Senator CANNON. All right, next one.

SPANGDAHLEM AIRBASE, GERMANY

Colonel FENLON. Page 151, Spangdahlem Airbase located 1 mile southeast of Spangdahlem, Germany. The mission here is support of a tactical fighter wing. The program has one repetitive item in the amount of $636,000, providing for additional 30,803 square feet of classroom space to the existing dependent elementary school. Senator CANNON. All right.

TOUL ROSIERES AIRBASE, FRANCE

Colonel FENLON. The next base, sir, on page 157, Toul Rosieres Airbase in France.

Senator CANNON. That is similar to the two previous items we have had?

Colonel FENLON. Yes, sir.

Senator CANNON. All right.

WIESBADEN AIRBASE, GERMANY

Colonel FENLON. Page 159, Wiesbaden Airbase, located 4 miles southeast of Wiesbaden, Germany. This base supports the headquarters, U.S. Air Forces in Europe and an air base wing.

The program amounts to $115,000 and involves the construction of a warmup holding pad for C-97 aircraft. At present no power check and holding pad exists at this base.

The completion of the requested facility will allow run-up and holding of large aircraft to be accomplished without interference from other jet and conventional type aircraft operating on the base. Senator CANNON. Page 161.

RAF WOODBRIDGE STATION, ENGLAND

Colonel FENLON. RAF Woodbridge Station located 3 miles east of Woodbridge, England. The mission is support of two tactical fighter squadrons. The only item on the base is for 26,275 square feet for base ammo storage needed to provide explosive storage facilities for war readinesss munitions required in support of the assigned fighter type aircraft.

Senator CANNON. Did you not have adequate storage facilities at this base before?

Colonel FENLON. We have storage facilities, sir, but they are not adequate and they do not meet the United Kingdom criteria. This is similar to the item we had previously here in the United Kingdom where we are far below the criteria required by the United Kingdom and the Air Ministry.

Senator CANNON. All right. The next is U.S. Air Force Southern Command.

HOWARD AIR FORCE BASE, CANAL ZONE

Colonel FENLON. The bext base, sir, is in the Panama Canal Zone, page 164, Howard Air Force Base, located 4 miles southwest of Balboa in the Canal Zone. The missions of this base are shown on page 164 of volume 4.

The first item is for a new 6,000-square-foot squadron operations building providing space for storage and testing of pressurized suits and briefing rooms required to support jet aircraft, air defense activities in the defense of the Canal Zone. There is no existing facility that can be utilized or adapted for this purpose.

The second item is a repetitive item for an air passenger terminal. It will when completed replace an existing temporary lean-to on the rear of a hangar. It is required to provide an adequate port of aerial embarkation and debarkation facilities for passengers between the United States, Canal Zone, and Central and South America.

Senator CANNON. Was not an air terminal authorized at this base a year or two ago?

Colonel WOOD. Yes, sir; I can speak on that. We had a project for air conditioning the existing lean-to 2 years ago. It was never funded. Now that we have studied the problem and we feel it would be better to build a new airfreight terminal than to air condition the one that we did not get the funds for, essentially that is it. We were not given the funds.

Senator CANNON. This is to replace the unit that you were using at that time?

Colonel WOOD. Yes, sir. We are still using the back lean-to of one of the big hangars for the air passenger terminal.

General CURTIN. The lean-to will revert to aircraft maintenance. Colonel WOOD. Yes, sir. We did have an air freight terminal that has been approved but the air passenger terminal was an air-conditioning project which was approved. It was authorized but not funded. Senator CANNON. All right.

Colonel FENLON. The third item, sir, is a repetitive item for construction of a new refueling vehicle shop required to support the maintenance of 20 refueling units at this base.

The fourth item is for construction of seven ammunition storage igloos required for the storage of the detonating ammunitions in direct support of the special operations and training activities at this installation.

Senator CANNON. Do you not have any igloos there at the present time?

Colonel WOOD. Yes, sir; we have about 50 percent of our requirement there now. I believe there were some in last year's progam. This is the second increment, and it will complete the requirement. Senator CANNON. In other words, this will bring to completion everything that you need?

Colonel WOOD. Yes, sir.

We programed half of them last year and half of them this year. Senator CANNON. All right.

Colonel FENLON. The fifth item is for 5,000 square yards for refueling vehicle open storage which will provide the parking area with entrance roads needed to support the 20 refueling vehicles assigned

to this base. Currently vehicles are parked on gravel areas near troop housing and the hangars, creating unsafe and hazardous conditions in the event of a fire or explosion.

The sixth item is a repetitive item for a 300-seat chapel annex needed to provide space for religious education of assigned military personnel and their families.

The seventh item is a repetitive item to provide an NCO open mess facility to replace the building that will revert to an airmen's dormitory.

Senator CANNON. What will be the capacity of this?

Colonel FENLON. It is 8,000 square feet, sir. It is an 8,000-squarefoot standard definitive, Mr. Chairman, to support from between 400 to 700 members.

Senator CANNON. All right.

Colonel FENLON. The eighth item is a repetitive item for a recreational gymnasium.

Senator CANNON. All right.

Colonel FENLON. The last item is for 5,400 square feet for a recreational workshop facility, including a ceramics, leather, and model aircraft shop for assigned personnel. There are no similar facilities in the area where personnel can develop and engage in these specialized morale activities.

Senator CANNON. All right.

Colonel FENLON. Sir, that finishes volume 4. Shall we go to the deficiency authorizations?

Senator CANNON. This item of unforeseen construction, do you intend to make any statement on that other than what you have in the book here?

General CURTIN. I would make this statement, Mr. Chairman. It has been normal practice each year up until last year to furnish each of the departments a set amount of authorization, frequently termed "emergency authorization," to be used to meet unforeseen needs as they evolve during the year. Last year this was changed somewhat, but this year I understand we are reverting to the prior years' practice. Senator CANNON. Last year did we provide that to the Secretary of Defense?

General CURTIN. No, sir. It was provided to the services in the amount of $17%1⁄2 million, but the technique was that we would have to identify items in our current year's program to be deferred in order to take advantage of the emergency authorization. This has become extremely difficult, particularly with the conditions in southeast Asia.

Now we have used and committed all of our prior years' emergency authorization. In fact, if something were to come up and we had to meet requirements in southeast Asia right now, we have no real technique to do it unless we were to come back for a supplemental fiscal year 1965 authorization request. So it is a real need, particularly in these times, Mr. Chairman.

Senator CANNON. All right; that brings us to book 5 then. That completes everything in your book 4?

Colonel FENLON. Yes, sir. We do have two deficiency authorization requests.

Senator CANNON. Let's go over those.

Colonel FENLON. Yes, sir.

The first one in the book we can give up, in that this matter has been taken care of within current authorization, since publication of this program.

General CURTIN. We have found a way to solve this problem without resorting to deficiency authorization, Mr. Chairman.

Senator CANNON. Which page are you on? Wright-Patterson? Colonel FENLON. Yes, sir; Wright-Patterson.

On page 7 the vacuum telescope, the $278,000 authorization increase requested is required to cover the revised estimated cost for the vacuum telescope at Sacramento Peak. The original estimate of $2.889 million was the best estimate available based on the design completion of approximately 25 percent. Design of this facility now is complete, and based on the completed design, the estimate is increased to $3.167 million.

Senator CANNON. Do you have anything further to add on that? General CURTIN. No, sir. The only way this can be corrected is through a deficiency authorization, Mr. Chairman, because within the United States we are only allowed a 5-percent deviation from the basic figure. This has been examined in an effort to get the cost below that. The $3.167 million figure is the minimum we feel we can build a completely usable facility with at this time.

Senator CANNON. This facility is not duplicated either in any other agency of Government or outside.

General CURTIN. No, sir. That issue was completely explored when this was authorized. We have no new evidence on this.

Senator CANNON. All right, sir. We will now stand in recess until 2:30 when we will meet in executive session, and we will go to volume 5 at that time.

(Whereupon, at 12:25 p.m., the committee recessed, to reconvene in executive session at 2:30 p.m., the same day. At 3:35 p.m. the committee recessed to reconvene on Monday, May 3, at 9:30 a.m., to commence consideration of title II, Navy.)