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Enclosed is a copy of a letter to me from Oscar de Brum, District
“administrator of the Marshall Islands with, in turn, an enclosed
memorandum to Mr. de Brum from his representative at Bikini.
Mr. de Brum requests that the people resident at Bikini be included
in Dr. Conard's annual surveys. The next such survey is presently
acheduled for mid-April, 1976.
In view of the pending Bikini lawsuit
and of recant allegations and misunderstandings regarding Dr. Conard's
Marshall Islands activities, I belleve that this request merits careful
staff attention.
As set forth in my memorandum to you of October 1, 1975, Subject:
Brookhaven Program at Bikini, we have for some time had to deal
with a pervasive misunderstanding of the purpose and reasons which
underly the medical program. From the November 21 memorandum,
Acting Distad Rep. to District Administrator (enclosure), it appears
that this misunderstanding clearly persists. Note that the writer refers to ‘periodical checkup" and ‘‘medical examinations’: as the only
means of preventing hazards to health, among thoge resident at Bikini.
He also attributes to Dr. Kotrady a statement regarding the
to visit Bikini’.
necessity
I read the fourth paragraph of Bima Akeke's memorandum to Distad
de Brum to say that the people at Bikini (as distinguished from the
people of Bikini) are unanimous in their request for medical examinations. From personal observation, Iam aware that these people are:
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their residence at Bikini;
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