DIS Hen UNITED STATES . ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION DC Fi2. WASHINGTON 25, D.C. oo ACES14 MAR 2 2 1965 MEMORANDUM FOR CHAIRMAN SEABORG COMMISSIONER BUNTING COMMISSIONER PALFREY COMMISSIONER RAMEY COMMISSIONER TAPE TpxbucH ‘GENERAL MANAGER Vo Viwcg err MAR 23 1965 SUBJECT: ‘THYROID DISEASE IN RONCKLAP ISLANDERS This is to advise you that during the current annual medical survey of the Rongelap people, Dr. Robert Conard has turned up two wore individuals with thyroid tumors, two boys ages 12 and 17, making » total ef five (two mle and three female} among those who were children at the time of exposure. In addition, there is one woman 41 years of age who was found to have what appears to be a solitary thyroid nodule. The Journal of the American Medical Association has accepted for publica- tion an article by Dr. Conard summarizing 10 years ef observations on the Rongelap people and which includes information om the three cases of thyroid tumor noted last year. It is expected that this article will appear within the next few weeks. BEST COPY AVAILABLE P.S. The Joint Committee is being informed of the above. US DOE ARCHIVES 2 326 U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY OMMISSION Collection “Cc Seatore Box | Charles EL. Dunhan, M.D. Director Bivision of Biology and Medicine C4 Folder O+m a- Div. oF Brocosy + i M\enic we -wan, Dec 1965