-9during the interview and he stated that he felt the interchange of questions and answers went well and that no major controversies could result from a review of the film. The Associate Producer of the program was Mrs. Leslie Cockburn. She asked me if she could contact me again when I returned to New York, to discuss the program in more depth. She stated that she had previously had several long conversations with Dr. Conard. - III. He had informed me of some of those meetings. Ship Performance - On September 21, the ship sailed from Kwajalein with a full complement of medical party personnel. Every berth on the ship was occupied and one Marshallese translator was sleeping on a mattress in one of the examining rooms. We left the dock at 1300 and were steaming north for Rongelap when we were ordered to reverse course and return to Meck Island and to remain there until released for further steaming. Apparently the ship at that time was in the impact zone of an incoming missle. The ship therefore steamed back to Meck Island, arriving at 2200 and held in that position until 0200 when we were cleared and resumed our trip to Rongelap. On checking with Keith Coberley, the master of the vessel, he indicated that he had very carefully checked with range control on the day of our departure and had indicated our 1900 D.R. position. a safe position and we could continue without difficulty. He was told that this was Our 1900 position on the day of departure was actually further north than we had originally predicted and we should have therefore been well clear of the danger area. Upon returning to Kwajalein, I immediately contacted range control and discovered that the mistake had been made by range control and not the ship or the captain. entirely correct in all of his procedures. 12 hours late in reaching Rongelap. He was The result, however, was that we were During this period of time the ship was in moderate seas and because of its round bottom configuration and its tendency to roll and pitch excessively, practically every member of the medical party was SU 1oo ?