BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES, INC. Upton, New York 11973 Medical Department (516) 345- 3328 4a 7 17 October 25, 1977 a et dete cre Ee tee ea ae : ’ ne em Re Mr. Ronald G. Bakal Attorney at Law 8447 Wilshire Boulevard Suite 409 - Beverly Hills, California 90211. ~ © . er em ae SQ pM tee ok ne ea, eg 7H wre Ate et i eee Se ea moa te Dear Mr. Bakal, .,,,Yourletter of October 19, 1977, to Dr. Conard, has been referred. | to me. The fact that your office "demands an explanation," the fact that you appear to believe that your office must be notified of all events relating to the medical surveys in the Marshall Islands, and the fact that your letter wa% circulated to so many people, has made Dr. Conard wonder if there is involved some legal obligation of which he is ignorant. . I share his confusion. I know of no contractual or no statutory basis on which such a legal obligation could be founded. It does seem to me that if you are interested in the reasons why Utirik Atoll was not included in the recent quarterly medical survey, that you question the Utirik Council. tion to Dr. It was the Council's notifica- Conard that the services of Dr. Knudsen, the resident physictan, would not be welcome on Utirik that forced Dr. Knudsen to bypass Utirik. If your office were to ask Dr. Conard for his recollection of his conversation with members of the Council, I am confident he would be willing to oblige you. Sincerely, nepositony DOE-FoRRESNITL couection HHIPR KEW FILES CS G BOX Ne. 216 MisrEse (52AR05 FOLaeR AU Nov 1976-0OCcT 27,1977 N. Peter Rathvon, Jr. General Counc