Government Use of Satellite Communications

HE9721 .U5A512

COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

WILLIAM L. DAWSON, Illinois, Chairman

CHET HOLIFIELD, California
JACK BROOKS, Texas

L. H. FOUNTAIN, North Carolina
PORTER HARDY, JR., Virginia
JOHN A. BLATNIK, Minnesota
ROBERT E. JONES, Alabama
EDWARD A. GARMATZ, Maryland
JOHN E. MOSS, California
DANTE B. FASCELL, Florida
HENRY S. REUSS, Wisconsin
JOHN S. MONAGAN, Connecticut

TORBERT H. MACDONALD, Massachusetts

J. EDWARD ROUSH, Indiana
WILLIAM S. MOORHEAD, Pennsylvania
CORNELIUS E. GALLAGHER, New Jersey
WILLIAM J. RANDALL, Missouri
BENJAMIN S. ROSENTHAL, New York
JIM WRIGHT, Texas

FERNAND J. ST GERMAIN, Rhode Island
DAVID S. KING, Utah

JOHN G. DOW, New York

HENRY HELSTOSKI, New Jersey

FLORENCE P. DWYER, New Jersey
OGDEN R. REID, New York
FRANK HORTON, New York
DONALD RUMSFELD, Illinois
WILLIAM L. DICKINSON, Alabama
JOHN N. ERLENBORN, Illinois
HOWARD H. CALLAWAY, Georgia
JOHN W. WYDLER, New York
ROBERT DOLE, Kansas
CLARENCE J. BROWN, JR., Ohio
JACK EDWARDS, Alabama

CONTENTS

Charyk, Dr. Joseph V., president, Communications Satellite Corp - - -

Duncan, C. C., assistant vice president, American Telephone & Tele-

graph Co.; accompanied by George E. Ashley, general attorney,

Long-Lines Department..

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Gallagher, Edward A., president, Western Union International, Inc.;
accompanied by Robert E. Conn, vice president and counsel__
Gates, Howard P., Jr., Assistant for Communications and Avionics
Systems, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Research and
Development); accompanied by Samuel P. Brown, Technical Director,
U.S. Army Satellite Communications Agency; Col. Robert H. Scales,
Director of Programs; and Lt. Col. Seth Day, Office of the Chief
of Research and Development, U.S. Army.
Glasser, Maj. Gen. Otto, Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff, Research
and Development, Headquarters, U.S. Air Force; accompanied by
Col. Marion B. Gibson, System Program Director, Communica-
tions Satellite System Program Office, Space Systems Division,
Air Force Systems Command; Col. Alfred J. Diehl, Air Staff booster
development officer; and Lt. Col. Nicholas S. Polio, Air Staff
communications satellite development officer..
Goldenthall, Col. Mitchell, commanding officer, U.S. Army Satellite
Communications Agency, Fort Monmouth, N.J

Hawkins, Howard R., president, RCA Communications, Inc.; ac-

companied by Edwin W. Peterson, vice president and controller;

and Leonard W. Tuft, vice president and general attorney-

Holifield, Hon. Chet, Member of Congress from the State of California,

chairman of the Military Operations Subcommittee:

Statement on August 29, 1966--

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Opening statement__

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Horwitz, Hon. Solis, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Administra-
tion___

Horwitz, Hon. Solis, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Administra-
tion; and Lt. Gen. Alfred D. Starbird, Director, Defense Communi-
cations Agency, accompanied by Rear Adm. Francis D. Boyle, U.S.
Navy, Deputy Director, Defense Communications Agency, satellite

project office; David L. Solomon, technical advisor, Office of the
Secretary of Defense; and Col. Lee Paschall, U.S. Air Force, Defense

Communications Agency--

Statement of-Continued

Jaffe, Leonard, Director of Space Applications Programs, Office of

Space Science and Applications, National Aeronautics and Space

Administration_.

League, Archie W., Director of Air Traffic Service, Federal Aviation
Agency; accompanied by Joe Conerly, Deputy Director, Systems
Research and Development Service; and Col. Richard May, U.S.
Air Force, Chief of the Communications Staff, Air Traffic Service...
Loy, Frank E., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Transporta-
tion and Telecommunications

McCormack, James, chairman, Communications Satellite Corp.; ac-
companied by Allen E. Throop, general counsel..

O'Connell, Hon. James D., Director of Telecommunications Manage-

ment, Office of Emergency Planning, Executive Office of the Presi-

dent; accompanied by Fred W. Morris, Jr., associate director (ad-

vanced concepts and technology); William E. Plummer, associate

director (frequency management); Col. Harold R. Johnson, U.S.

Air Force, assistant director for plans and programs; Victor F.

Evans, deputy associate director (national communications);

Ralph L. Clark, special assistant for international telecommunica-

tions study; Charles E. Lathey, special assistant for telecommuni-

cations mobilization planning; and John J. O'Malley, assistant

legal counsel..

Rogers, Thomas F., Deputy Director Defense Research and Engi-

neering (Electronics and Information Systems), Department of

Defense; accompanied by Willie L. Moore, Jr., Deputy Assistant

Director (Command and Control).

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Scott, Richard P., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Com-

munications; accompanied by Philip F. Patman, Office of the Legal

Adviser; Thomas E. Nelson, Office of Telecommunications; and

C. Grant Shaw, Office of Communications___

Sohier, Walter D., General Counsel, National Aeronautics and Space

Administration; accompanied by Edmond C. Buckley, associate

administrator for tracking and data acquisition..

Starbird, Lt. Gen. Alfred D., U.S. Army, Director, Defense Communi-
cations Agency--

Starbird, Lt. Gen. Alfred D., U.S. Army, Director, Defense Communi-
cations Agency; accompanied by Rear Adm. Francis D. Boyle,
Deputy Director; Col. Lee Paschall, U.S. Air Force; and Walter
H. Morse, counsel___

Strassburg, Bernard, Chief, Common Carrier Bureau, Federal Com-
munications Commission; accompanied by Asher H. Ende, deputy
chief; and Henry Geller, general counsel

Tower, Bertram B., chairman of the board, ITT World Communica-
tions, Inc.; accompanied by John A. Hartman, Jr., vice president
and general counsel, American Cable & Radio Corp (ITT).
Weeks, Rear Adm. Robert H., U.S. Navy, Assistant Chief of Naval
Operations (Communications), Director of Naval Communications;
accompanied by Capt. Merton D. Van Orden, U.S. Navy. - -

Letters, statements, etc., submitted for the record by-

Air Transport Association: Statement for the record in the form of a
letter from S. G. Tipton, president, Air Transport Association, to
Chairman Holifield, dated September 21, 1966...

American Communications Association: Statement for the record in
the form of a letter from Joseph P. Selly, president, American
Communications Association, to Herbert Roback, staff administra-
tor, Military Operations Subcommittee, dated September 12, 1966__
Boyle, Rear Adm. Francis D., U.S. Navy, Deputy Director, Defense
Čommunications Agency: Excerpt from 1964 hearings on satellite
communications_

Duncan, C. C., assistant vice president, American Telephone &

Telegraph Co.:

Exhibit A.-Brief summary of some of the special services

furnished by the Bell System to the U.S. Government. - -

Exhibit B.-Overseas Government private line circuits provided

by the Bell System and its overseas correspondents..

Exhibit C.-Extent of overseas utilization of commercial satellite

circuits...

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Letters, statements, etc.-Continued

Gallagher, Edward A., president, Western Union International, Inc.:

Exhibit A.-Proposal for ownership and operation of U.S. satellite

earth stations..

Exhibit B.-Recommendation for a satellite industry liaison

committee____

Application of Western Union International to the FCC for au-

thorization to provide satellite circuits in the Pacific under

composite rate tariffs, filed September 14, 1966---

Letter from Maj. Gen. George Pickett, DCA, to Western Union

International, Inc., containing the request for proposals for

the 30 Pacific circuits, May 2, 1966......

Letter from Henry G. Catucci, vice president, WUI, to Maj. Gen.

George Pickett, DCA, expressing intent to offer proposal, dated

May 12, 1966_.

Letter from R. E. Conn, WUI, to George P. Sampson, vice
president, Comsat Corp., requesting information, dated May 12,
1966___

Letter from George Sampson, Comsat Corp., to Robert E. Conn,

WUI, furnishing information and rates, dated May 13, 1966-

Telegram from G. P. Sampson, Comsat Corp, to Hawaiian

Telephone Co., ITT Worldcom, RCA Communications, and

WUI, containing clarifying information on Comsat's quotes,

dated May 26, 1966--

Letter from Maj. Gen. George Pickett, DCA, to Western Union

International, presenting position on carriers authorized to

provide the 30 circuits, dated May 23, 1966–.

Letter from Henry G. Catucci, vice president, WUI, to Maj.

Gen. George Pickett, DCA, in reply, dated May 27, 1966–

Letter from Henry G. Catucci, vice president, WUI, to Maj.

Gen. George Pickett, DCA, containing WUI proposal, dated

May 31, 1966__

Letter from Henry G. Catucci, vice president, W UI, to Maj. Gen.
George Pickett, DCA, containing clarifications, dated June 3,
1966.

Letter from George P. Sampson, vice president, Comsat Corp., to

Robert E. Conn, vice president, WUI, notifying of change in

Comsat quotation, dated June 22, 1966-

Letter from Henry G. Catucci, vice president, WUI, to Maj.

Gen. George Pickett, DCA, requesting reopening of the com-

petition due to change in Comsat quotation, and because of

the FCC authorized user decision, dated June 24, 1966----

Letter from Maj. Gen. George Pickett, DCA, to Western Union

International, notifying of intent to award to Comsat, dated

July 1, 1966__

Letter from H. G. Catucci, vice president. WUI, to Maj. Gen.

George Pickett, DCA, containing further request for reopening

competition, dated July 13, 1966-

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Letter from Maj. Gen. George Pickett, DCA, to H. G. Catucci,

vice president, WUI, denying WUI request to submit revised

quotations, dated July 18, 1966.

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Letter from Henry G. Catucci, vice president, WUI, to Col.

Lee M. Paschall, DCA, requesting copies of contracts with

Comsat, dated August 2, 1966...

652

Letter from Henry G. Catucci, vice president, WUI, to Colonel

Paschall, DCA, renewing request, dated August 25, 1966--

Letter from Col. Lee M. Paschall, DCA, to Henry G. Catucci,
vice president, WUI, refusing WUI request, dated August 30,
1966_

Gates, Howard P., Jr., Assistant for Communications and Avionics

Systems Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Research

and Development):

Additional statement re urgency of communications requirements

for IDCSP..

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Letter from Lt. Gen. Austin W. Betts, Chief of Research and

Development, U.S. Army, to Chairman Holifield, dated

August 31, 1966..

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Letters, statements, etc.-Continued

Gates, Howard P., Jr., Assistant for Communications etc.-Con.

Statement re contract situation of AN/MSC-46 ground stations

for IDCSP..

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Statement re contract situation of AN/TSC-54 ground stations

for IDCSP..

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Statement re waveguide to be used in ground station improve-
ment program..

Glasser, Maj. Gen. Otto J., Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff, Research

and Development, Headquarters, U.S. Air Force:

Additional statement re fast-damping gravity gradient experiment

test satellite_

Membership of Tri-service Tacsatcom Executive Steering Group.

Memorandum from Deputy Secretary of Defense Cyrus Vance to

the Secretaries of the military departments re Tacsatcom

program, dated October 2, 1965.

Statement re bonus payments under contract for Titan III booster.

Statement re Air Force and FAA coordination_ _ _

Statement re airlift requirements for IDCSP ground terminals__

Statement re cost of Titan III transstage valve problems..

Statement re "man rating" of Titan III boosters for communica-

tion satellite shots__

Statement re MITRE Corp. work at NATO.

Statement re work performed for Air Force by Lincoln Laboratory

of M.I.T. on space communications.

Hawaiian Telephone Co.: Statement for the record in the form of a
letter from Douglas S. Guild, president, Hawaiian Telephone Co.,
to Chairman Holifield, dated September 1, 1966, with enclosures__

Hawkins, Howard R., president, RCA Communications, Inc.:

Letter from Mr. Hawkins to George P. Sampson, vice president,

Communications Satellite Corp., dated May 5, 1966.

Letter from Mr. Hawkins to Hon. Rosel Hyde, Acting Chairman,

FCC, dated May 6, 1966...

Letter from Ludwig Engler, vice president, RCA Communica-

tions, to Maj. Gen. George Pickett, DCA, dated May 9, 1966_-

Letter from George P. Sampson to Howard Hawkins, dated May
13, 1966