Government Use of Satellite Communications

HEARINGS

BEFORE A

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE

COMMITTEE ON

GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EIGHTY-NINTH CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

AUGUST 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 29, 30, 31, AND SEPTEMBER 1, 6, 7, 12,
13, AND 14, 1966

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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

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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525

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:

Opening statement_.

Statement on August 29, 1966-

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..

III

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)..

249, 303,

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.-Ŏverseas Government private line circuits provided

by the Bell System and its overseas correspondents.

Exhibit C.-Extent of overseas utilization of commercial satellite

circuits...

Letters, statements, etc.-Continued

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

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