1965 - 1968 1969 Thyroid surgery on 12 Rongelap people carried out in Boston, Cleanup of Bikini for return of inhabitants. Five Marshallese had thyroid surgery in U. S. 1970 Ome Marshallese had thyroid surgery in Cleveland. 1971 Marshallese Congressman (Congress of Micronesia) visits Japan and invites a Japanese team to visit Rongelap. Team arrives | but because of conflict over credentials they are denied visas and returned to Japan. Return of two Bikini families to Bikini to live. BNL medical team assumes responsibility for radiological monitoring of returning Bikini and Eniwetok people. Documentary movie Thyroid Neoplasia as a Late Sequella of Radioactive Fallout filmed inMarshall Islands. Shows the medical team in action. 1972 .. - January: Marshallese Congressman accuses the U.S. of knowingly and consciously allowing the MarshalFesepeople.to’ be exposed to radioactive fallout in order to study the effect of radiation on human beings; accuses medical team of using Réngelap people as guinea pigs and not giving them proper medical examinations and adequate treatment. In March he told the Rongelap and Utirik people not to cooperate with the medical team. Annual medical survey not completed. Also 4 patients who had been operated for thyroid cancer and were to be reexamined at Tripler Army Hospital were stopped and told to return home. April: Congress of Micronesia establishes a Special Joint Committee concerning the medical examinations at Rongelap and Utirik atolls. Chairman: Senator Olympio T. Borja. August: Resident physician stationed in Marshall Islands. September”Annual med¥gal survey resumed, with <ouperstion from Committee fr ongress @fMicrouesia and participation of four #p te. cis. Bbsaxvers. ram. severaledanitries. Comprehensive repo eiEavor pile‘tothe edical, examinations publishsé. ~ ee . Octoberfiovember: z A youngSagjocd Whe, found to have acute myelogenous leukemia, dies a€- Rational *@ancéer eens. est,and is returned for,burial att Rongefep. : ion made to conduct hematological surveys at saath interTwo Rongelap people had thyroid surgery fo.‘Cleyelend. Ye =g i =~ - ar Mz. C8 the to F _ ene -ge SP My, 2% ee - CaS ge ete ~ 84 ~ 4 Tet ee .