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WASHINGTON, Mar. 23. —
. States plans to compensate the
*{inister
Katsuo
Tue sday_ that
. ” said
We ington has extended a
“goniiine cooperation” to Japan
d
. fishermen burned with radioactis
in connection With the March
March 1 hydregen bonib test ar
1 Bik:int Atoll incident, offering
‘to make compensations for the
nh
.
of their vessel regardle ss of the:
at the time of the explesi
SiG, PUYORi
radiation-burnt patients, irres-
pective of where the radiation-
laden dusts Were showered on.
officials said today.
Okz#zaki made the statement
during the course of his Cabinet briefing Tuesday morning
on the prcgress of diplomatic
tons over the H-bomb
biest accident.
the event that the vessel,
the Fukurru Maru, was not
Maru No, 35 were taken into
tee Tokto Unshersity Hospital
for medial ircatments.
in the area barred to commercial shipping during the
trial.
Japanese authorities claim
that the Ship's log shows it
was 11 miles outside the danger zone but the
United
States does not regard this information as conclusive and is
sinister
Katsuo
<azaki at a press conference
Tuesday said that the U6, au‘ thorities proposed the air' transpor tation service to carry
from
carrying °‘orl an independent investigation:.
As most of the patients in
Burt hign ‘officials now feel}
iYaizu are not beingy given
,enough medical attention there,
they want to go ahead and
compensate the Japanese for
"the Government is planning to
bring them to Tokyo for_ better
medical treatment, the Foreign
Minister told the reporters.
As to the comeeasatic ns Japan js expected to demand the
, taeir dificucties no.withstand-
jing the orccome of the investigation
1. hich may
be
:aontns away.
-“We are not going to wait
any longer,” one official told)
the United Press. “We are
prepared” to. compensate
these people for their suffer-
ULS., Okazaki said the Govern-
ment has not decided the exact:
amount yet pending further
investizetion into the demage
uincurredupon the victims.
ing and losses regardlessof
-
what the
show.”
investigation
may
He said that the American
Embassy and the Department
of State vould: be in touch
with the Japan
nese Government
to appraise the damases and
afomie radiation and
e been under med.calnt at whe Nia Hosz.tal
HW be sent to Tokyo, it’
puss day nigh
ural
oft
Mcialv
:
wwth
the
‘atives of the Vice!
agreed to remove!
to ‘Toxyoffor more;
treatment
provided:
L All expenses be paid by;
“the Welfare Ministry.
1
2. Sufferers be flown to To!
(kyo from Yaizu ‘Airfield.
3.
that American medical teams
Were
using
the fishe:men
as
“suinea pigs” instead of curing
them,
One official noted that mem-
iE
.
wi
effective
reach a feir estimate.
Officials took streng excepiiod to Tokyo ~ press repdrisy
i ers of the American Atom
Esomb Casualty Commission in
ay
invident,
in
tion would be paid only in medical aut
He also iid the Cabinet all
Tie ciivymen of the Fukussu
‘the “atomic” patients
;¥aizu to Tokyo.
cipating
Up to new these officials the fisherm:
maintained that compensa- an agreeme
Sufferers be accommodat=}
ed in either Tokyo University)
jor First National Hospital —
rosiima Were actually Parti
primarily i:
than clinical