4O1lo7 1. BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES, INC. UPTON. LL... N.Y. 11973 REFER: TEL. AREA CODE 516 YAPHANK 4.6262 April 18, 1972 MEDICAL DEPARTMENT Mr. Robert E. Miller Nevada Operations Office U. S. Atomic Energy Commission P. 0. Box 14100 Las Vegas, Nevada 89114 Dear Mr. Miller: By now you have heard of the sad circumstances which prevented completion of our usual medical survey ia the Marshall Islands this year. It is difficult for us to understand, as doctors, how politics can be put above the health of these people. I would like to take this opportunity to thank you and your staff, particularly Mr. Bill Streenan at Las Vegas and Bill Hills, Joe Dryden, Bill Morrison and others at the Honolulu office. Everyone has been most helpful during these trying circumstances. I hope by next year things will have straightened out and we will be able to carry out our usual survey. With best regards, Sincerely, Reh. CrrorKk— Robert A. Conard, M. D. RAC: 1s P. S.: CC: uae I was able to get to Bikini with Frank Cluff and Roger Ray concerning our plans for Bikini. Messrs. W. Streenay/~ W. Hills J. Dryden W. Morrison REPOSITORY DoE/PASO COLLECTION Qo£ Luv ro.per f AF Y Me #3" ERDA —-24-ZH24 (2f 1973