provide 200,000 barrels of underground steel tankage at a site 2 miles from the Sasa Valley POL Tank Farm. It includes the necessary pumps, pipe connections to the Sasa Valley distribution system, fire protection and utilities. The CHAIRMAN. What kind of facility? Admiral AILES. This is for fuel storage at Guam, sir. This is a very important strategic storage of fuel for the Western Pacific. This is the farthest westerly storage of POL products on United States land, sir. Mr. BATES. Will this be for all the services? Admiral AILES. All the services, yes. The CHAIRMAN. Without objection, the item is approved. Mr. BROOKS. Does it involve more land? Admiral AILES. There is no land required for this. We are putting it in our existing tank farm areas. Mr. BROOKS. Let me ask you: What are we doing with the land that was used at Harmon Air Force Base? Did we give it back to those people? Admiral AILES. I am not familiar with what has happened to the land there, sir. Mr. BROOKS. Now, at Anderson: Didn't we close up a part of Anderson? Admiral AILES. We are not familiar with what happened at those Air Force bases. Mr. KELLEHER. Those are Air Force bases, you realize? Mr. BROOKS. They closed up all of Harmon, didn't they? Mr. BROOKS. Did we make any effort to return that land to those people? Admiral AILES. There are extensive negotiations going on at Guam to settle all the land claims. They are very, very active there now. Mr. BROOKS. There is so small an amount of land in Guam that when you don't use a facility it seems to me the thing to do is return it to those people. The CHAIRMAN. Without objection, the item is approved. Now, the next is naval communications Mr. BROOKS. I wonder if the admiral could get some information on the questions I mentioned? Admiral AILES. We will check into it and give you an up-to-date status of this lands-settlement business. Mr. BROOKS. All right. (The information requested is as follows:) The Air Force has, in April 1958, reported some 1,000 acres of land at Harmon Air Force Base excess to its requirements. The Navy, which performs real-estate operations for all of the military services on Guam, is now reviewing this matter and will take the action necessary to dispose of the land in accordance with existing disposal laws and regulations. The Air Force advises that some 2,600 acres of leased land on which the Harmon runways are located is not required and the leases should be terminated. In addition, the Navy has recently determined that approximately 23 acres at Nimitz Hill annex is not required. This will be transferred or disposed of to the Government of Guam. There is no indication that Anderson Air Field, a strategic air command base, is in excess. The CHAIRMAN. Naval communications at Asmara, Eritrea. Tell us something about this. It is radio-receiving facilities. Give some information about that, Admiral. Admiral AILES. This is one of our advanced communication units in Turkey, sir. Mr. KELLEHER. That is incorrect, Mr. Chairman. It is Eritrea. Mr. KELLEHER. The admiral made a mistake, I believe. It is in Eritrea. Admiral AILES. Eritrea, I am sorry. This activity provides communications support for units of the Sixth Fleet and Middle East Force when they are operating within the area assigned to Mr. KELLEHER. And not Turkey. The CHAIRMAN. When was this established? Admiral AILES. In 1958, sir. In May 1958 this The CHAIRMAN. 1958? Admiral AILES. Wait. Correction: 1948. The CHAIRMAN. That is right; 1948. Admiral AILES. Yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. You have 5 officers and 75 enlisted men there? The CHAIRMAN. And you spent up to date $228,000. And now you propose to spend $1,800,000? Admiral AILES. Yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. Now, what type of development is going to be achieved there for $1,181,000? Admiral AILES. The first project is at Naval Communication Unit No. 3, Asmara, Eritrea, for provision of radio receiving facilities at the estimated cost of $1,180,000. This activity provides communication support for units of the Sixth Fleet and Middle East Force when they are operating within the area assigned to this unit and maintains communication facilities for other assigned purposes. The unit is located on the United States Army Signal Station near Asmara. It occupies approximately 1,200 square feet of space in the Army's operations-receiver building, which is overcrowded and barely sufficient to meet current needs. Recent developments in Navy communication requires the installation of considerable equipment for which there is no space in the present building. Radio receiving antennas, essential for certain components of the new equipment, are nonexistent at the station. This project is for construction of a 50 feet by 90 feet addition to the operations-receiver building, installation of the new equipment, construction of the antennas, utilities and a small building for power generation. The CHAIRMAN. Without objection. Will you increase the personnel? Admiral AILES. Yes, sir, it is planned to increase the personnel by approximately 25 percent by 1961, here. The CHAIRMAN. There will be 110 there by 1961? Admiral AILES. That is correct, sir. The CHAIRMAN. Without objection, the item is approved. Admiral AILES. The next one is in Northern Ireland, sir, at Londonderry. Mr. SMART. What about Port Lyautey? The CHAIRMAN. You have one in Morocco. Mr. RIVERS. Port Lyautey. The CHAIRMAN. Get back to Morocco. Mr. LANKFORD. Londonderry comes first, and then Port Lyautey. The CHAIRMAN. All right. Admiral AILES. They are different between my book and the bill, sir. Mr. KELLEHER. Mine, too. The CHAIRMAN. All right. Give the committee some information, now. Mr. KELLEHER. On Port Lyautey, Mr. Chairman? The CHAIRMAN. Port Lyautey. Admiral AILES. On Port Lyautey, the project is for radio receiving facilities at an estimated cost of $519,000. The requirement for this project is similar to the ones at Londonderry and at Asmara, which provide remote radio receiving and communications center facilities. The CHAIRMAN. Oh, yes, all three of these are receiving stations. Admiral AILES. Yes, sir. The CHAIRMAN. All right. Admiral AILES. The last project for this class, gentlemen, is at the Naval Radio Facility, Port Lyautey, Morocco, for radio receiving facilities at the estimated cost of $519,000. The requirement for this project is basically the same as for the other two projects I have just described. It will provide for construction of a single story, 30 feet by 50 feet receiver building, installation of new electronic equipment in the building and erection of the antenna system. Mr. RIVERS. Could I inquire right there, Mr. Chairman? I want to ask both Admiral Ailes and Admiral Peltier: Since Morocco has gotten out from under France, do you have the same difficulty using your Seabees as you did under the French Government? You know, the French always gave you a little trouble when you wanted to use the Seabees for building stuff there. Admiral PELTIER. We have had no indication that there is anything different now. Mr. RIVERS. You get along pretty well with the Moroccans, don't you? Admiral PELTIER. We have Seabees in Port Lyautey doing work. Mr. RIVERS. They like to work for you, don't they, those Arabs? Admiral PELTIER. Yes. We have quite a bit of local labor that we are using there. The CHAIRMAN. Without objection, the item is approved. Admiral AILES. The second project is at the Naval Radio Facility, Londonderry, North Ireland. It will also provide radio receiving facilities at a cost of $219,000. This facility operates remote radio transmitting, receiving and communication center facilities for the United States Naval Communication Facility, London, England. The project is for construction of a small addition-about 1,350 square feet of floor area-to the existing receiving building, together with provision of electronic equipment, antennas and utilities. This will permit vital area coverage for a special ship-shore communication capability. The CHAIRMAN. Without objection. Now, yards and docks. Public Works Center, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, $890,000. Admiral AILES. I have a statement of the Chief of Yards and Docks in regard to his projects. If I may insert that in the record, sir, and go on with the items? The CHAIRMAN. All right. (The statement follows:) STATEMENT OF Rear Adm. E. J. PELTIER, CED, USN, CHIEF OF CIVIL ENGINEERS, BUREAU OF YARDS AND DOCKS, WITH REGARD TO FISCAL YEAR 1959 CLASS XI MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY PROGRAM, MAY 12, 1958 CLASS XI BUREAU OF YARDS AND DOCKS Mr. Chairman, gentlemen, this program contains two items for improvements to the utility systems of the United States Naval Base, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and a third item of navywide interest to provide for emergency construction. Authorization is being requested in the amount of $890,000 for the first two items and in the amount of $25 million for the latter. As you may know, the Public Works Center, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is responsible for the adequacy and proper operation and maintenance of all utility sytems on the naval base. There has been, during the past few years, considerable construction of new facilities at Guantanamo to support the established mission of the naval base, but the water supply and electrical power systems have not been expanded to keep pace with the increased demands for water and power. Both of these systems are now taxed to the limit of their capacity, and the problem of supplying sufficient water and power has become quite serious. The items being requested will correct current deficiencies and take care of foreseeable demands at the naval base. The item being requested for emergency construction is to provide authorization for presently unforeseeable construction projects which we know from experience will unexpectedly arise due to rapidly changing weapons systems, the necessity to accelerate these programs, and attendant requirements for revision and augmentation of the Shore Establishment to support them. This item will allow the Navy to expeditiously proceed with the provision of such urgently required facilities without suffering the long delays in the reprograming process. In addition, the Bureau of Yards and Docks proposes to use statutory authorizations now available in requesting funds for the following seven items: Item and authorization (a) Access roads: Public Law 85-170. (b) Inadequate quarters: Public Law 968, 84th Congress, and Public Law 85-241. (c) Planning: Public Law 155, 82d Congress, amended by Public Law 161, 84th Congress; also Public Law 968, 84th Congress and Public Law 85-241. (d) Replacement of damaged facilities: Public Law 968, 84th Congress.-(e) Special minor facilities: Public Law 968, 84th Congress. (f) Support funds for Capehart housing program: Public Law 155, 82d Congress. (g) Support of commodity credit military family quarters program: Public Law 968, 84th Congress. In addition to the above, funding will be requested for the following item: PWC Norfolk, cooling tower, $120,000: Public Law 85-241. The specific objectives of the class XI program are: A. Provision of required support facilities at public works centers: Public Works Center, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba: Location and authorization required, fiscal year 1959 Additional water facilities___ Additional power facilities--- $555, 000 335,000 B. Provision of funds for emergency construction: Various conti nental and overseas: Emergency construction____ Total The CHAIRMAN. Give us some information. 25, 000, 000 25, 890,000 This is additional power facilities and additional water facilities. We already spent there $27 million. Admiral AILES. This project at the Public Works Center of our overseas naval base in Guantanamo Cuba, is for the construction of two line items. The mission of the Public Works Center is to inspect, operate, repair and maintain the public works and utilities of the various components of the naval base. The first line item is for additional power facilities to cost $335,000. This is needed to provide additional power to main-side activities where present generators provide a firm capacity of 4,950 kilowatts, although the estimated maximum demand this year is 8,600, with the demand increasing through 1961 to 10,200 kilowatts. The Government executed a contract in December 1957 with the Cuban Electric Co. to furnish power to the base. The company proposes to construct at its own expense a new power plant adjacent to the station boundary which will furnish firm power about December 1959. In the interim, the company will construct a powerline from its Santiago plant to the site of the new plant. We anticipate that power will be received from this line in December of this year. To alleviate the present conditions, the company will furnish two 1,000 kilowatt mobile Diesel generating units. The present switch gear is wholly inadequate to serve the present system. In order to protect the generators in the two powerplants of the base, it will be necessary to install larger capacity circuit breakers. In addition, the existing Navy's secondary transmission ssytem will have to be augmented to permit safe and flexible operation. The Navy's two existing main-side powerplants will be retained in standby condition for use in emergency. The 2d line item is for construction of additional water facilities at the estimated cost of $555,000. The quantity of potable water now available at the base is critically short and will become worse as construction is completed of 139 family quarters, two 180-man barracks and several other structures. With this additional shore demand and with ship requirements for water also increasing, we estimate that 3,300,000 gallons per day will be required. It is also essential that fire protection lines be provided in four areas of the base which now have only substandard fire protection. The Cuban contractor supplying water to the base is agreeable to installing, at his own expense, the necessary off-base pumps and mains to increase the flow of water to the base. This line item will provide for construction of two storage tanks of 750,000 gallons capacity each, one for treated water and one for raw water; relocation of an existing tank to an area near treatment plant No. 3 for storage of treated water; and other rearrangements of the distribution system, |