treatment you can be sure BNL will take care of your travel expenses, If another due to absence of the member of the patient's family must bear a financial burden : patient we will help, 3, We would Like to know for how much longer does the BNL team plan to continue their experiments on Rongelap, We come to Rongelap not to conduct experiments but to carry out medical examinations of and provide certain health care for the Rongelap people. We hope to continue to do so as long as there is any possibility of further radifation effects. How many years this will be is difficult to say, 4, We ask that the AEC find some way to rid our coconut evabs of radio= activity, because they are a very important part of our diet, they are delicious to us, and easy to find, I think I can speak for the AEC in saying that there is no known way to rid the coconut crabs of radioactivity. Little by little the crabs are getting rid of the radioactivity themselves and we hope before many more years pass the crabs from all of Rongelap Atoll may be safely eaten, 5. On your next visit would you care to join us in a meal of coconut crabs (caught on a safe island)? I will be glad to join the Rongelap people in a meal of coconut crabs brought from the safe islands (islands south of Eniatok), The people may remember that several years ago for one week I ate a diet of food grown on Rongelap ‘Atoll (pandanus, coconuts etc.) to prove that I was not afraid to eat the food. 6, Finally we request the BNL team bring more food to Rongelap, enough for the whole island to eat thrée meals a day during the stay of the BNL team, When the BNL medical team comes to Rongelap we bring along food for a feast, candy and toys for the children and sometimes gifts for the people, The people also furnish food such as fish, coconuts etc, This feast and gifts are expressions of friendship, We are very happy about this friendship with the Rongelap people, The request that we bring food for the people for our whole stay at Rongelap is not in line with above purpose. If the people need more food they should discuss it with the Trust Territory. I hope the people of Rongelap understand that we want to do all we can to carry out our responsibilities to the people with regard to health care. I hope they will realize that other matters have to be referred to the Trust Territory or the AEC, I will forward a copy of those requests to both of these agencies. We will, of course, help in any way to further the welfare of the people within the realm of our responsibility. , le will be glad to discuss these matters further with you when I see you in a March, With warmest regards to all the people. 4 oe %% 7 . Yakwe yuk, Robert Conard, M.D,