OPTIONAL FORM MAY+sS2 EDITION G& GEN. REQ. ~NITE_j NO, W. ,0 5010-107 27 STATE? Go~J7RNMENr Memorandum TO THRU FROM SUBJECT: : R. E, Hollingsworth, General Manager : H ‘ikrd C. Brown! Jr., L$21A L[LL.L (c.. ~, r J.! / .1(.t.d.~ Johd-A. Harri~, Jr., Director : ,bivision of Public information ( ‘ATE’ MAY 5 1966 PRoPosEDANNouNC~~NTAND REsPONsESTO INQUIRIESON FIVEMARSHA~SE PEOPLE WHO HAVE THYROID NODUIJ3S DPI :FT Attached for your approval are a proposed public announcement and responses to inquiries on circumstances surrounding five new cases of thyroid nodules detected in the Marshallese people during the March, 1966, medical survey. Two upcoming events are likely to receive news media attention: 1. the arrival, this month, of five Rongelap people in this country for clinical examination and possible surgery; and 2. the appearance of an article, in June, in the New England Journal of Medicine on the latest findings by Dr. R. A. Conard of BNL. We recommend that the announcement be approved for issuance by Brookhaven National Laboratory just before the arrival of the five Marshallese. The questions and answers are for use to the extent necessary in response to telephone inquiry only, or for guidance before interview with media representatives . Attachments APPROVED: General Manager Date