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FOR LUEDECKE INFO LEDOU, PARKER FROM STAREIRD, SUBJECT IS REQUEST FOR VISIT
OF THE FIFTH MEDICAL MISSION TO ENIWETOK AND RONGELAP. ON THE RETURN OF THE
FIFTH MEDICAL MISSION IN MARCH 1958 IMPORTANT BIOLOGICAL DATA AND EQUIPMENT
WERE LOST WHEN A MATS CS7 TRANSPORT PLANE HAD TD JETTISON TTS CARGO, THUS
NECESSITATING A FUTURE RETURN OF THE GROUP TO RONGELAP TO COKPLETE A RESURVEY
OF THE RONGELAP ISLAND NATIVES, PERSONNEL IN THE GROUP ARE: DR ROBERT A CONARD,
DR J S ROBERTSON AND PR DW POTTER, ALL OF EEROOKEAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY, THE
DATA WHICH WERE LOST ARE OF SUFFICIENT IMPORTANCE TO WARRANT EVERY EFFORT TO Rie
SECURE WHILE THE RADIOACTIVITY OF RONGELAP AND HEAREY ISLANDS REMAINS ESSENTIALLY
THE SAME AS DURING THE PRECEDING SURVEY. ADDITIONALLY, THE DATA IS NEEDED TO BE
INCLUDED IN AN UP-TO-DATE REPORT ON THE HEALTH OF THE MARSHALLESE TO BE PRESENTED
TO THE U N TRUSTEESHIP COUNCIL IN JUNE, 1958. IF IS ANTICIPATED THAT THE WEC.
ESSARY EQUIPMENT CAN BE OBTAINED BY THE SECOND WEEK IN MAY AND THE GROUP DESIRES
TO ARRIVE WITH NECESSARY EQUIPMENT AT ENIWETOK BY 16-20 MAY, ‘THE GROUP WOULD .
REQUIRE ONE WEFK TO 10 DAYS AT EVIWETOK AND RONGELAP IN ORDER TO COHPLETE TESTS.
THE FOLLOWING WOULD BE THE REQUIREMENTS TO SUPFOR® THE MISSION AT ENIWETOK: A,
USE OF ONE JTF ASSIGNED LST FOR A WEEX TO 10 DAYS, 3B. THE LOADING OF THE 21 TON
STEEL ROOM ON TO THE TANK DECK OF THE LET AT ENIWETOK. C. I? WOULD BE CONVEN[ERT
TO HAVE A TEMPORARY SHOWER STALL INSTALIED ON THE LST TANK DECK FORWARD OF THE
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