treatment and subsequent examinations, it feels that, as evidenced by the reports of its consultants, (see Appendices) the examinations are thorough and conducted in a professional and humane manner, Especially alarming to the Committee, as it must have been to the Brookhaven team was the appearance last year of a fatal case of acute myelogenous leukemia. The Committee hopes that the persons responsible for the examinations will give this new development the attention which it deserves for the benefit of the people involved. The Committee takes special note of a story in the Tuesday, November 21, 1972,edition of the New York Times by Times science writer Walter Sullivan, which discussed the death of Lekoj. The story said in part: "To prepare the way for the September trip two Japanese physicians and another from Britain were included in the party, and this apparently reassured the skeptics, Had the visit been made earlier, however, it is possible that the leukemia case might have been identified at a less advanced stage." The phrase “earlier” is a reference to the fact that the annual survey had been delayed six months for the reasons previously men- tioned. While it is possible that "detection" might have been accomplished at the usual time of the survey, it is the understanding of the Committee that all forms of leukemia are ultimately fatal, and that acute forms have shorter courses than chronic forms. In addition, the Committee would like to state for the record that if the period of six months is critical to the detection and remission of leukemia or any other disease, then perhaps consideration should be given to having certain tests conducted on more than just a oncea-year basis. WM 5 ou23