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November 8, 1977
San Francisco
Dr.
Konrad Kotrady.
University of Utah Medical Center
Dent. of Family and Community edicine
50 North tiedical Drive
Salt Leke City, Utah 84132
Dear Konrad?
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I have just received a cony of your October 31 letter to
Ron Bakal, the Utirik attorney.
I must say et the outset tnat
I appreciate your continuing concern for the veople of Utirik in
relation to the ERDA/Brookhaven Medical Progren, and acain an
delighted with your outspokeness in reference to the glaring
defigciencies that continue to hamper the Prorram.
Esnecially of concern to me
in your letter was
the
fact
that
four new nodules had been diegnosed in the arch "77? survey.
It
1s interesting to note that desvite this hleh rate of rew sunnected
thyroid cases, it was decided thnt the June nnd Sentembder surveys
were canceled--a most dangerous and negligent act comnitted on
the vart of Dr. Robert Conard’ and the other people 4n charg? of the
Utirik Medical Program.
I have long susrected that the necltn of
the liarshallese has been a less significant veriority to the SRc0A/
Brookhaven doctors than the scientific findines, and this suspicion
continues to be substantiated by tne ections of tnese ecoctors.
It
is incredible to me now these doctors, all cf whom evo tahen the
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continue
to canduct
thelr murvoys
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puntcive
ond un-hyrenitarian uvy vith ncople who howd beon yhefbyirat oe
Unitea Stetes neg)ifenco.
I find it difficult to understand the rensoning bthinda Er.
Conerd's claim that "§t would be difficult to replece Dr.
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im
4n the Marshalls.
You yourself told me
the position a few yenrs back, yours was
Knudsen
that when yeu apolted for
one of sixty ronnie thon,
meaning there oro fifty—nine Other vhysicions who are interestea tn
I think tn essence what Dr. Connrd is really cayire
the position.
is that he 1s heaving a difficult tine findinys rcoreone to Fro oft
an
there who won't make
trouble and/or vublicity,
yourself who tried to anke Aimnrovenernts on ©
i.e.
co-‘sone
like
cubstrnttal lrvel.,
Js clear thet Dr. Conord's personnl interest lp meintainine a
"tieht ship"
(nfter all,
he wes an adriral)
ft
ars tanen prece*tnce
over the general health of the Narsallese, emi asn Dr. Concra narrs
his retirement with
A
the Medicnl Progrem he
15 doubly concerned tint _
blatent inedequacies should resrin concealen mnd covered un.
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