the remains and pictures of St. Mary in Cricf, of St. John and of the images of angels at Urakami Cathedral blackened and disfigured by the heat, radiation and shock of the blast. ATOMIC DISEASE INSTITUTE, NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY The Committee met with Dr. Institute. Shunzo Okajima, Director of the He explained that of an estimated population of 9,000 in the Nishiyama District, about 500 people had been affected by fallout. Three hundred of these had been studied in order to get from them a groun of 80 to study. He said that. there is little radiation remaining in the soil that, low, although significant amounts of radiation could still be found in the study group. He indicated that this group showed a higher frequency of chromosome aberrations than a comparison group. Although not exposed to direct radiation from the bomb, maxi- mum exposure was estimated to be about 30 rads. He said thac the people don't seem to mind the tests and that-~-relatively speaking-body burden counts were high, 1/2000th of threshold. they were very small, in the order of He indicated that his institute is preparing a study entitled "Radioactivity and Fallout Effect Survey, Nishiyama Residents and Comparison Subjects, Nagasaki," which would be published within the next several months. TOKYO The Special Joint Committee departed Wednesday, June 28, 1972. wee gn io378 from Nagasaki for Tokyo on After arriving, it contacted Dr. Kumatori