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ANNEX C: Background Briefings
Pages 67-73

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... H Gardner Ainsworth, Deputy Director, Office of Transport and Communications, Department of State Central Intelligence Agency Military "Military Sea Transportation Service Responsibilities and Capabilities for Sea Transportation in Wartime" "Naval Control of Shipping" "The Effects of Nuclear Weapons on the U
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... J Cameron, USAF, Equipment and Facilities Division, Department of the Air Force "Recent Operations Evaluation Group Work Concerned with Convoys and Merchant Ships" "Vehicles for Overseas Transportation" Dr.
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... S Army Transportation Research and Engineering Command Major Geoffrey E
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... Receiving funds from both public and private sources, by contribution, grant, or contract, the Academy and its Research Council thus work to stimulate research and its applications, to survey the broad possibilities of science, to promote effective utilization of the scientific and technical resources of the country, to serve the Government, and to further the general interests of science. The Maritime Research Advisory Committee is under the joint administrative sponsorship of the Divisions of Engineering and Industrial Research and of Physical Sciences of the Academy -- Research Council.
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Key Terms

  • marine corps
  • sea transportation
  • military sea
  • lieutenant colonel
  • corps headquarters

  • transportation service
  • defense mobilization
  • operations evaluation
  • engineering command
  • headquarters lieutenant

  • transportation research
  • overseas transport
  • lieutenant commander
  • army transportation
  • navy lieutenant

  • research office
  • receiving funds
  • corps amphibious
  • maritime administration
  • various war

  • warfare division
  • surface warfare
  • limited membership
  • maritime research
  • bloc merchant

  • service responsibilities
  • marine planning
  • work concerned
  • employment branch
  • research advisory


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