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              'UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
                      WASHINGTON, D.C.   20548


                      FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
                             EXPECTED
  122444                SEPTEMBER 28, 1983


                           STATEMENT OF
                     J. DEXTER PEACH, DIRECTOR
      RESOURCES, COMMUNITY, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION

                            BEFORE THE
         SUBCOMMITTEE ON LEGISLATION AND NATIONAL SECURITY
                              OF THE
             HOUSE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

                                ON

                   INTERNATIONAL REACTION TO THE
                   PROPOSED  COMMERCIALIZATION
                            OF LANDSAT

Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee:

     At the request of your Subcommittee we are currently conduct-

ing an inquiry into the possible effects of the proposed sale of

the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's remote

sensing satellite systems.  Our final report will provide

information on how the sale might affect federal programs,

national security, and non-federal users of Landsat and the

weather satellites.  We have also discussed the proposed sale of

Landsat with representatives of 10 countries that use Landsat

data:  the United Kingdom, the Federal Republic of Germany,

France, Italy, Japan, India, Thailand, Brazil, Argentina, and

Peru.  We are here today, at your request, to discuss what these

officials said about their use of Landsat and their concerns about

the proposed sale.

HOW OTHER COUNTRIES GET LANDSAT DATA

     Countries obtain Landsat data in several ways.  Many

countries purchase data directly from the Department of the

Interior's Earth ResourcesO    jVr ion Systems Data Center in

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