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This letter is in response to a telephone request I received
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Harry Brown late yesterday afternoon regarding my opinions as to the feasibility
of small helicoptor support for the Medical Survey of the Marshall Islands.
As background for the following discussions, I'd like to restate an
opinion which I think we have discussed previously in your office, pertaining
to the long-range logistic plans for the BNL medical survey.
First, it would
appear that sometime in the near future that the geographic area assigned to
BNL might expand appreciably, i.e., to include the people of Bikini and Eniwetok.
This decision is pending at DOE/DOI. This, of course, would tremendously
enlarge the geographic area to be covered by the medical survey teams and would
present severe logistic problems for slow shipboard support. As we have
discussed in the past, the possibility of establishing small independent
examining facilities on each of the islands and supporting these installations
by aircraft certainly should be considered carefully. The type of aircraft to
be used again presents a variety of options. I understand that a PBY 5A will
be available from the University of Hawaii. I have no further information as
to the dates of availability or priority for its utilization by this program.
Another option which I have been considering is the ultimate use of a
heavy helicoptor of the SH-3 type that would have both the range and operating
characteristics necessary for outer island support. Both of these options
would greatly increase the facility with which we could evacuate patients from
the islands in the event of medical emergencies.
Of course, all of this is conjecture at this point until some final
decision is made as to the Bikini and Eniwetok populations. Once that decision
has been made and we have some idea of our future patient loading, I think we
ought to have a logistic meetings to develop some short- and long-term plans
concerning these options.
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