DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND 20852 July 31, 1972 Senator Olympio T. Borja Chairman, Special Joint Committee Concerning Rongelap and Utirik Atolls Congress of Micronesia Saipan, Marianna Islands 96950 Dear Senator Borja: The attached document represents my report to you as an invited radiological consultant from the United States Public Health Service during the \isits of your Committee to Majuro, Utirik, Rongelap, and Kwajalein (Ebeye) Atolls or July 16-20, 1972. In order to condense. he subject matter, I have made my observations and recommendations ou the findings on Rongelap and Utirik although we interviewed some of these people on Majuro and Ebeye. My report will be released to you through the office of Surgeon Generai Jesse L. Steinfeld, U.S. Public Health Service, as you requested at the Executive Session of your Committee on July 20, 1972. I trust my report will be of assistance in the preparation of your official report to the Special Session of the Congress of Micronesia on August 15, 1972. Sincerely yours, ~_ /L: Le a > cc a William S. Cole, M.D. Associate Director Bureau of Radiological Health Enclosure is ae a