[No. 45] FISCAL YEAR 1966 SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORIZATION FOR VIETNAM U.S. Congress. House. HEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SECOND SESSION FEBRUARY 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 15, 16, AND 17 [Pages of all documents printed in behalf of the activities of the House PHILIP J. PHILBIN, Massachusetts F. EDWARD HÉBERT, Louisiana MELVIN PRICE, Illinois O. C. FISHER, Texas PORTER HARDY, JR., Virginia RICHARD (DICK) ICHORD, Missouri FLOYD V. HICKS, Washington HERVEY G. MACHEN, Maryland SPEEDY O. LONG, Louisiana E. S. JOHNNY WALKER, New Mexico WILLIAM H. BATES, Massachusetts ALVIN E. O'KONSKI, Wisconsin BOB WILSON, California CHARLES S. GUBSER, California CHARLES E. CHAMBERLAIN, Michigan ALEXANDER PIRNIE, New York DURWARD G. HALL, Missouri DONALD D. CLANCY, Ohio ROBERT T. STAFFORD, Vermont RICHARD S. SCHWEIKER, Pennsylvania SANTIAGO POLANCO-ABREU, Puerto Rico, Resident Commissioner II PROFESSIONAL STAFF JOHN R. BLANDFORD, Chief Counsel PHILIP W. KELLEHER, Counsel WILLIAM H. Cook, Counsel EARL J. MORGAN, Professional Staff Member CLERICAL STAFF ONETA L. STOCKSTILL, Executive Secretary L. LOUISE ELLIS, Secretary DOROTHY R. BRITTON, Secretary SHELLEY J. PYLE, Secretary HEARINGS BEFORE THE FULL COMMITTEE ON FISCAL YEAR 1966 SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORIZATION FOR VIETNAM (H.R. 12334 AND H.R. 12335) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, The committee met at 10:15 a.m., Hon. L. Mendel Rivers (chair man) presiding. The CHAIRMAN. Let the committee come to order. Good morning, Mr. Secretary. Secretary MCNAMARA. Good morning, Mr. Chairman. The CHAIRMAN. Members of the committee, the hearing which we are beginning today is to consider H.R. 12334, a bill to authorize appropriations during fiscal year 1966 for the procurement of aircraft, missiles, and tracked combat vehicles and for research and develop ment. We will also consider H.R. 12335, a bill to authorize certain military construction. Both of these bills are in support of military activities in southeast Asia. (For copies of H.R. 12334 and H.R. 12335, see appendix.) First I would like to deal briefly with the procurement and research and development bill which contains $3,417,700,000 for procurement, and $151,650,000 for research and development. You will note that it is in essentially the same form as the regular fiscal year weapons procurement and R. & D. bills. There is, however, one difference which I would like to draw the committee's particular attention to, and that is section 301 under title III which appears on page 3 of the bill. Under this language in title III any aircraft, missile, or tracked combat vehicle authorized by this bill could be made available to the Vietnamese or any other free world force in Vietnam. You remember parenthetically we have a barrage of Korean forces in Vietnam. Let's think of them. It also grants authority to make available to non-U.S. forces in Vietnam items from our current inventory and from production which has been ordered but not yet delivered. The language in title II is equally applicable to appropriations other than those for aircraft, missiles, naval vessels, and tracked combat vehicles. For example, we would by this language be granting similar authority to use operations and maintenance appropriations for such things as transportation and other housekeeping costs of other free world forces in Vietnam, and other costs directly related to their participation in the conflict in Vietnam. Although as I have said, any aircraft, missiles, and so forth, funds for which are authorized by this bill, could be given to non-U.S. forces in Vietnam there is nothing in this bill presently identifiable as proposed for allocation to these other forces. (4875) |