ga Bk / & € f 3 mee Ae ec ee oe ° = —) vy S WN Ne we s \ In 9 | . COMEVRETNCES < Ka ; Ns > xn oS William J. Stanley, Director Pacific Area Support Office, USDOE DR. H. PRATT'S TRIP REPORT - BNL MEDICAL SURVEY, SEPT - OCTOBER 1979 5g i The above referenced report makes serious accusations as to my competence, truthfulness and my " . . . direct, unsolicited interference with Brookhaven National Laboratory medical programs . . .". I am compelled to RTO. GYMBOL ‘PLO iemaelhidieriemetimemeeteenetee ee inmee eee : RSD — | Nov “319 a. Department of Energy Pacific Area Support Office = « PO.Box 29939 .* > | 3 Honolulu, Hawaii 96820. --s o cee eee eee Lol cacenen | 402084 INITIALS/BIG. HUB/ DATE 11/7/79 [een RTG. BYMBOL be ceernggeeae witiAce/saia. DATE RTq@. SYMBOL mMITrALs/ic, DATE respond on that basis alone taking due note that these accusations have been given wide distribution within the DOE and DOE Contractor community. This reply is unnecessary for you, I know, but this personal attack cannot go unanswered both because of its flagrant abuse of the truth and because there are serious program considerations that could affect the people we — are committed to serve. This is not meant to be a counterattack against RTG. GYMBOL INITIALS/8IG. DATE Dr. Pratt because as you know, the history of PASO's involvement with him is replete with documents and meetings detailing “who struck John". a RTG. SYMBOL More of this cannot be productive. ai TiALs/BEG, Since theearliest of our vessel procurement effort, through this. ° last referenced report, it has become abundantly clear to me that Dr. Pratt has focused on what have become three major obsessions, namely the inability of the Liktanur II to properly carry out the BNL medical charter, the involvement of C. E. Otterman on voyages and my performance. There is no need to reference the documents which I believe support this view, as you have read them all and they have been discussed until words fail. , I wish now, however, = ee rine ene anne mene DATE pt ATG. BYMBOL . ‘DATE to address those specific allegations and accusations ATG. which Dr. Pratt has. made in his trip report. ATG. BYMBOoL I made an on the spot decision that these people should not be denied examinations by virtue of their habitat in the _ Marshalls and I told the .person that the next time BNL came to Majuro or Ebeye an announcement would be put on the radio hopefully in time for him '.‘to catch a field trip ship and be examined. - =. bose cee oe srTheee I committed that his expenses OFFICIAL FILE COPY DOE FORM AD.9 (s2-77) wor Sepe e ee pre ow a oe es ~ - fot *. wer ee - € . we 4 - ee “~— te vo” . bm moe er + eect fer nee an! <= eea ntree te atloe = a cnet MONOD te orm Wnteee te at “hes wh na anneeur yf ty bo a , oO . ~ f reseceenaseses tert Ahaanges se nee Bate sO ANSWER: I was asked ‘by an+exposed person on Jaluit when I accompanied . the BNL bio-assay team to Kili in May 1979, why they couldn't get examined by the BNL doctors. * . rs: ce 2 « owt INITIALS / BIG. a . SYMBOL “NITIALS/BIG._ 1.” On page 3, I allegedly failed to tell Dr. Pratt that I had invited exposed and control group persons living on outer islands other than Rongelap and Utirik to Majuro and Ebeye for examinations by.BNL, and that their expenses would be paid. 2 eae tr InNITIALS/ SIG.