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(5) In the follening two cr thse days, ell the crow repcrtcd alight
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“n exposed parts of the bedy bagan ‘to appear.

In response to certain questions which the Ambassador asked the
Foreign Service, the follewing information was received. It sheds scme
light on the sequence of events during the 2 days following the return
of the Fukuryu Maru to Yaizu, but before the mishap had come to the
attention of the Embassy,

(1)

The crew first contacted the ship's owner, and the director of the

(2)

Two of thé fishermen,

(3)

Professor Shickawa made radiation measurements of the ship on

Fishermants union, On the day of their return crew members who were seriously
affected consulted a physician of the Kyoritsu Hospital,

and

who were in more serious

eondition left the Kyoritsu on arch 15 for Tekyo where they visited Doctor
Shimizu at the Tckyo University Hospital.

‘arch 16 and on the basis of his findings all of the crew members consulted
a physician who recommended that the men be haspitalized,
THe ROLE OF THE JAPSNESE SCIENTISTS

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Suring the latter half of “arch the Japanese préss was fed continually

With sensetional staterents from Japenese Scientists, The rotiveticns

of the Jepansse vere never quite understood by u

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