Q: I think the answer, an answer to that question is, yes, a study could Our data and amount of information that we would have about those be done. earlier days would not be nearly as complete as what we have now from the 1978 time. Nevertheless some estimate could be made. That estimate still would only be able to indicate the likelihood that, of those people who have died of radiation relateable diseases, some number might be attributable to the radiation. Marshallese: I feel that this whole book is affecting or applicable to the coming generation, the young children, because in the next 30 years my age group and older will be gone. So this isn’t really a report for us, it is maybe a report for them rather than us. And, also, that I detect that the results of the information in this book is reporting a time that has much less damaging effects, in fact, it almost looks rather clean in comparison to the number of years which are not included in this book. And, so from my point of view, I don’t know that this is..., I would much prefer a book that gave the entire picture rather than half the picture and the better half at that. In fact I hesitate to go forward and say much about this book. ~: Well, I would just like to say again, the purpose of this book, that purpose was to provide a basis for informed decisions about future actions. That’s the sole purpose of the survey, to determine whether there should be recommendations made for future actions that would protect people in the event that we found radiation levels that were of concern. That was the commitment that we made some time ago, for this particular purpose. is not the whole story, you are absolutely right. reports published that deal with the past. This (and) There are many Those are available and as I have said earlier, if there are specific questions I am sure that we would be willing to help with converting those, translating those, into your language so that they are understandable. survey. It was to guide future actions. 29 That wasn’t the purpose of this