.7 wees “ Syd . , T/PV. L455 16 (Me. Sherer, United States) In August 1964 the United States Congress appropricted the sum of $950,C00 which, aftor legal. expenses, was paid to the affected inhebvitents 2 Si of Rongelep Atoll, Veeh of the G2 exposed individuels or his haiva received eprom 10,000 as a lump sum. The 157 p eople of Utirik, who had received a lesser degree of exposure, vere not compensated. Since the“web payment , thy roid aunormazities have been appearing in the exposed Rongelepese and 25 operations for thyroid removal have taxen place, Leukemia also appeared in @ 19-year-old boy who had been exposed as a one-year-old jnfaht. This young man died in 1974 in the Wationel Cancer Institute, Cilinicel Center, Bethesda, Maryland, while being txrested for acute syelongenous “Leukemia. Twenty-nine of the original exposed Rongelap population of 64 have developedthyroid abnornalities. | Additionally, in the past two years six cases of thyroid abnormalities have appeared in the Utirik exosed group. " | In-1972 the Congress of Micronesia created a Special Joint Committee Conceiming “Rorige Lap and Utirik Atoll. =r in Moy 1975 the Chaimman of the Special doint Committee and one of the Committee menbers web in Was hington, D.C,, with United States Scnators and Congressmen about a request for additional compensation to the exposed persons or their survivors. ‘his included an “Incenvenicnce payment” of $1,000 cach to 157 people of Utirik or their survivors, payments to the mother and father of the Marshallese boy who died of acute leukemia in LOT and payment of $25,000 cach ver person per thy roid operation, past and future. A proposed bill for additional compensation was prepared by the _— Deperticent of the Intcrior and has been submitted to the Office of Management aad Wudget for clearance ond transmittal to the United States Congress, Preliminary conferences with Congressional iwembers on the port of Interior officials end Congress of. Micronesia mewbers have indicated that the eppropricte United States Congress Comuittces will give a sympathetic hearing to thiu proposal. . f Swe is oe : wae aethet te SMA RE eng hore Ree WEAR Baa oe EMO a EL Ge eg TE He BHR BPS ca Ua ES . Pe et ae EM Ra ade ee | Ee at tel . pe MMEeg . anEk Se eet . . '