and 1,300,000 ton-miles of cargo to such places as Vietnam, Turkey, and Germany. It is clear that an immediately responsive Active Force, capable of global deployment and dependent upon Reserve Force augmentation for contingency operations must have these Reserve units in a "ready-now" status with adequate support. INSTALLATIONS UTILIZATION The Reserve flying units, numbering 50 squadrons, are using 36 installations and 720 aircraft. There are 5 squadrons equipped with the Globemaster, 37 with C-119 Flying Boxcars, 3 with C-123 assault troop carrier type, and the 5 remaining are air rescue. It is the policy of the Department of Defense to locate Reserve activities at regular Air Force, Army, and Navy installations, or on other Government-owned facilities. Our flying units are situated on 22 Air Force bases, 2 Navy installations, and 12 civil airports. Eight of the twelve civil airports are used jointly with the Air National Guard. STATUS OF FISCAL YEAR 1963 AUTHORIZATION The authorization of $4.7 million for fiscal year 1963 Air Force construction covered 30 items at 21 locations. Twenty-eight (93 percent) are under contract as of September 1, 1963. Development of our program under the lump sum authorization plan initiated for fiscal year 1963 to replace the line item procedure is giving us much-needed flexibility in administration of the yearly programs. It makes possible quick response to changes in facilities requirements with a minimum of administrative and legislative actions. It also assures more effective costing and processing of each project. This is a good solution which we hope will be continued. AUTHORIZATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 1964 We are requesting in this program general authorization of $4.6 million. The major portion of this amount will be for priority facilities to support the continuing modernization of our flying units with C-124 Globemaster aircraft. This significant conversion program which started in 1961 reaches its peak in the 1966-67 time period. Additional maintenance facilities and in some cases increased operational apron are required to support these large aircraft at a peak operational readiness. We must, therefore, depend on both the current authorization under consideration and those for fiscal years 1965 and 1966 to meet these urgent requirements. At the same time, we are vigorously seeking ways to achieve greater economy in meeting the total need and with some success. For example, some months ago we designed a permanent hanger addition to adapt our troop carrier hangars so that the larger wing span and vertical clearance of the C-124 could be accommodated. This will have many applications and already one of these has been completed at Tinker Air Force Base at 60 percent of the cost of constructing one large maintenance dock. The authorization requested today does not provide for major construction of facilities for other elements of the Air Force Reserve such as units of the recovery program. These units use leased space at civil airports or other facilities in the various communities. This it is believed will be an adequate solution during the development stage of the recovery program. This concludes my general statement to the committee. We are prepared to answer questions which you may have. Chairman RUSSELL. Does any member of the committee desire to ask any question with respect to any of these items? We thank you gentlemen, and we will now return to the operations of the Defense agencies. TITLE IV-DEFENSE AGENCIES-Continued We now have with us Lt. Gen. Alfred D. Starbird, Director of the Defense Communications Agency, to present supporting statements in behalf of the Defense Agency's military construction bill for the Defense Communications Agency. You may proceed, General Starbird. STATEMENT OF LT. GEN. ALFRED D. STARBIRD, DIRECTOR, DEFENSE COMMUNICATIONS AGENCY General STARBIRD. Mr. Chairman, I have a three-page statement which I can either read or present for the record, and if I present it for the record I can summarize orally the information that is carried in the detailed testimony. Chairman RUSSELL. Are these items that you support all carried in the bill or are some of them eliminated? General STARBIRD. They are all carried in the bill. Chairman RUSSELL. You may present your statement for the record then. General STARBIRD. Right, sir. Chairman RUSSELL. You succeeded Admiral Irvin? General STARBIRD. Yes, sir. Chairman RUSSELL. Did Admiral Irvin retire? General STARBIRD. No, sir, he has been assigned to the Pacific and is presently Comservpac, Commander Service Forces in Pacific. Chairman RUSSELL. You don't have anything in addition you want to request of this committee? General STARBIRD. No, sir. Chairman RUSSELL. All right, sir, thank you. General STARBIRD. Thank you very much. (General Starbird's statement follows:) STATEMENT OF LT. GEN. ALFRED D. STARBIRD, U.S. ARMY, DIRECTOR, DEFENSE COMMUNICATIONS AGENCY Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, since representatives of the Defense Communications Agency (DCA) appeared before this committee in May 1962, the major responsibility of the Defense Communications Agency has continued to be the managing of the Defense Communications System. However, during fiscal year 1963, the mission of the Defense Communications Agency has been added to by the Secretary of Defense in certain regards. The three construction items requested by DCA for authorization in fiscal year 1964 relate to the increased mission. With your permission then, I shall explain these changes in mission and the associated military construction projects. First. On December 31, 1962, the Office of Commercial Communications Management, which is located at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., was transferred from the Department of the Air Force to the Defense Communications Agency. This activity was redesignated as the Defense Commercial Communications Office and is the single, integrated, central control point within the Department of Defense for the management and leasing of private line communication facilities within and emanating from the continental United States. The annual contracting, disbursing and accounting functions total approximately $240 million. As the activity is presently assigned four separated temporary World War II structures, it is necessary that the operation be centralized into one building so as to provide proper working space. The Department of the Air Force has made building 3-189 at Scott Air Force Base available to the Defense Commercial Communication Office. This will provide 52,900 gross square feet of administrative space in lieu of the 36,800 gross square feet presently occupied in four separate buildings. The $718,000 authorization is requested in fiscal year 1964 for the necessary rehabilitation to building 3-189. Second. In addition to the above expanded mission, other responsibilities have been assigned. All of these functions have increased substantially the staff of Headquarters, Defense Communications Agency so that additional office space is urgently required. This requirement can be met by converting ware-house space into office space and rehabilitating existing office space on the first floor of building 12, Navy Service Center, Arlington, Va. The Defense Communications Agency presently has the second, third, and fourth floors of the building for office space. The first floor, which is now largely shop and storage space, has been made available to the Defense Communications Agency, and the fiscal year 1964 authorization of $342,000 will provide adequate space for the Defense Communications Agency activities in building 12. Third. On January 1, 1963, the Department of Defense Damage Assessment Center was transferred from the Defense Atomic Support Agency to the Defense Communications Agency. The $200,000 authorization requested in fiscal year 1964 will provide a vital expansion of the present area in the basement of the Pentagon from 13,500 to 29,000 square feet and improved air conditioning and lighting. Fourth. On June 1, 1962, the Defense Communications Agency was maderesponsible for the technical support of the national military command system. In accordance with the Secretary of Defense determination that this project requires further study, it is recommended that the authorization of $2,100,000* be withdrawn from the fiscal year 1964 military construction program. The fiscal year 1964 military construction authorization requested by the Defense Communications Agency is for three projects totaling $1,260,000. Thank you for the opportunity to present our program. Chairman RUSSELL. The next witness will represent the Defense Intelligence Agency and that Agency will be represented by Lieutenant General Quinn, who is Director of Defense Intelligence. General Starbird, a question has occurred to Senator Saltonstall. Senator SALTONSTALL. I was just reading your statement quickly, and I notice in the fourth point on the third page of your statement covers the withdrawal of one project of $2.1 million from your military construction program. Do you, as head of the agency, agree with that? General STARBIRD. We agree with the withdrawal at this time, sir. Senator SALTONSTALL. You agree with the withdrawal because you are not ready to proceed with it? General STARBIRD. That is correct, Senator Saltonstall. General STARBIRD. It will not, sir. Senator SALTON STALL. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. in any way Mr. SHERIDAN. General Quinn stepped out, and I wonder if we could take Captain Burkhardt. Chairman RUSSELL. All right, Captain Burkhardt. STATEMENT OF CAPT. J. BURKHARDT, JR., U.S. NAVY, NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY Captain BURKHARDT. I have a prepared statement, sir, on two of our five line items. These are the unclassified versions, sir. Chairman RUSSELL. All right, sir. Captain BURKHARDT. We have presently in the program the funds we have requested to support our 1964 military construction. Chairman RUSSELL. Are you requesting the new building in this statement? Captain BURKHARDT. No, sir: we have not requested our second annex. We have one building under construction now. Chairman RUSSELL. You haven't had any defectors lately, have you? Captain BURKHARDT. Not that I know of, Mr. Chairman. Chairman RUSSELL. What have you heard from the two that got to Russia? Captain BURKHARDT. We have not heard from them. Chairman RUSSELL. And you have no additional request to make over and above what has been approved by Secretary McNamara and the Bureau of the Budget? Captain BURKHARDT. No, sir. Chairman RUSSELL. Thank you very much, Captain, glad to have had you here. Captain BURKHARDT. Thank you. (The statement referred to follows:) STATEMENT OF CAPT. J. BURKHARDT, JR., U.S. NAVY, NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY The National Security Agency's military construction program consists of five line items for a total amount of $1,696,000. Two of the line items are un classified projects. The other three line items are classified. The first item is for rehabilitation of 11 former hospital buildings which were constructed at Fort George G. Meade, Md., during World War II to provide 41,250 square feet for an estimated cost of $77,000 (vol. I, p. 61). In 1962, the Agency requested and received approval from the Office of the Secretary of Defense to use 34 buildings which formerly constituted the Fort Meade Station Hospital. This request was submitted due to the Agency's critical need for additional operating space. Using normal personnel space standards and space required for electronic data manipulators and processors, it is estimated that 530,000 square feet of additional net operating space will be needed through fiscal year 1968. Use of all 34 hospital buildings will provide 99,000 square feet of space. During fiscal year 1962 and fiscal year 1963, 23 of these buildings will be rehabilitated providing approximately 66,000 square feet of space. By using these buildings, urgently needed machine space will be made available in the Operations Building. Current programs dictate a requirement for 30,000 square feet of electronic machine space during fiscal year 1964. Since these machines are complex general and special purpose electrical and electronic manipulators and processors requiring controlled temperature and humidity, they must be given first priority for space and consequently placed in the Operations Building. The placement of the electronic machines in the Operations Building forces the relocation of personnel to alternate sites. It is planned that some Agency elements be moved from the Operations Building to the rehabilitated hospital buildings. Currently there are approximately 600 people utilizing rehabilitated space. Total personnel to be located in rehabilitated space during fiscal year 1964 is estimated at 1,500 people. If this project is not authorized or funded during this fiscal year, procurement of electronics equipment essential to the accomplishment of this Agency's mission will have to be delayed due to the lack of operating space. Much of this Agency currently operates on a 24-hour basis. From an operational point of view, placement of large numbers of additional personnel on a second shift would result in a high attrition and the loss of personnel possessing special skills that are hard to replace. Experience has shown that it is impossible to recover appreciable amounts of space by use of shift work. The second item is for minor modifications to building No. 9800 for the estimated cost of $184,000 (vol. I, p. 63). Building 9800 is the existing NSA Operations Building. This line item is related to the line item previously discussed. Due to the lack of operating space within the Agency and other factors, there is a continuous demand to make minor modifications and alterations within the Operations Building. As Agency elements are relocated to other facilities, internal rearrangements are necessary. The Agency's mission is such that it must respond quickly to changes in the world political or military situations. Frequently this response requires relocation of personnel and equipment from one problem area to another. This, of course, necessitates expansion and contraction of areas within the building. Management decisions made to enhance the effectiveness of Agency operations also necessitate rearrangements. Rearrangements within the Agency affect all utilities. In addition, it is necessary that partitions be erected and relocated; that electric bus and trolley ducts and associated electric equipment be extended; that chilled water system be extended. Due to the sensitivity of the Agency's work, modifications and/or expansion of various Agency effort requires establishment of internal security controls. If this project is not authorized and funded during this fiscal year, this lack of proper operating space will force the Agency to delay procurement and rental of specialized electronics equipment which is essential to the successful accomplishment of its intelligence mission. The third item is an addition to building No. 118 which is located at Camp Fuchinobe, Japan, for the estimated cost of $300,000 (vol. II, p. 83). The NSA representative Japan and his staff are located at Camp Fuchinobe, Japan. At present, there are two buildings within the existing security compound. Building 98 which is now being used as an office building is a completely inadequate one-story frame building which is one of the original Japanese buildings at Camp Fuchinobe. Due to its frame construction, fire is a continual and major hazard. The nearest organized fire department is located 10 minutes away. The construction of the building is such that it would be extremely difficult, if not impossible, to defend it against fire. The proopsed 10,590-square-foot addition will be made to building 118. This additional space will be used to house those activities presently working in building 98. It will also provide much needed equipment and operating space for the expansion of one of the classified missions of this installation. The addition also includes a new facility for destruction of classified waste and space for an emergency generator. If this item is not authorized and funded during this fiscal year, it will reduce the effectiveness of the NSA mission at this installation. The fourth item involves the purchase of approximately 210 acres of land at a cost of $35,000 (vol. II, p. 87). In 1961, the Agency was granted permission by the Department of Defense to establish an experimental antenna site at Kent Island, Md. Land upon which this site was to be established is owned by the Diamond Construction Co. of Savannah, Ga. Consequently, in January 1962, a 5-year lease was negotiated with the owner. This lease gives the Government the right to acquire the fee title of this property at any time prior to June 30, 1966. The purchase price of the property shall be $48,500 and all rentals paid under this lease shall be applied as a credit against the purchase price. Assuming that 3 full years of rent ($13,500) will have been paid prior to exercising the purchase option, the remaining cost to acquire the property will be $35,000. Prior to negotiation of this lease, the Agency attempted to locate a joint usage facility controlled by some other Government agency. This proved to be an impossible arrangement, since the sites available in and around the National Security Agency are not suited to the requirements of an antenna site. The fifth item is an addition to the presently existing facility at Sobe, Okinawa (vol. II, p. 90). The cost of this project is $1,100,000. Approximately 1 year ago, the Agency established an activity at Sobe, Okinawa, known as the Joint Sobe Processing Center. The existing structure is a permanent-type building of approximately 50,000 gross square feet of space; 20,500 square feet of this space is occupied by the communications service operations and by the building's mechanical and electrical equipment room. Thus, JSPC nets approximately 29,500 square feet of operating space, all of which is completely occupied. The mission of JSPC is classified. Current plans call for an additional 109 people. In addition, general and special purpose electronic data processing equipment is scheduled for procurement during the time frame fiscal year 1963 to fiscal year 1968. Advance construction planning is necessary to insure availability of sufficient operational space for this equipment when it is delivered. It is planned that this addition be of essentially the same construction as the existing building and that the addition be located north of and immediately adjacent to the existing building. 23-901-63-31 |