COLE'S WORBS |
ARE ATTACKED:
BY DIRTHEN
i
US. Rep. W. Sterling Coles’?

ement Tuesday that the!
a States will make no com-!
t.ments to pay compensation?

the Bikini victims until the

“spons -bility of the U.S. Goy-'

nt has been fully deter-,

rm ned. came up for attack in the
Foreign Affairs Committee. of
:
the Lower House yesterday.
nsvwéring Right-Wing
Soist Kanju Kato, Foreign Minister Katsuo Okazaki said: “Ther
U.S. Government is deeply in-.
terested in this incident and is!

doing everything possible. If:
Rep, Coles’ statement is true.’
its effect on U.S.-Japan relations:
would not be too good. We-

wish to take approprie te measures af ter examining the situae
i.e
Turning
to
che
domess.c;
front the Foreign Minister eri-:
ticzed the Japanese acientists:
for their conflicting statements,
Hla pot sted out, ‘ “Some say pate
irg the
sh is dangerous, while,
So

entend

it

is

harmiess,

es-y 10 per cent of the view;

;... die, while others aver?
ies are slight.
Wel
a

scientists will unify)

their <oinions, for conflicting

tafements serve only to cause

the pecyle’s anxiety.”
In a talk with ProgreséSive

Chairmen Tetsuzo Kojima of the

Lower House. Welfare Commit.

tee, Mr. Okazaki
subtle answer on
of dispesal of the
ru.
He cenied
States had asked

gave a very
the question
Fukuryu Mathe United
that the ves-

sel be banded over to American
USOvy,

erentrecom
the Gs, Atom
mig Energy Commission on the dangers from
ive fish and currents.
he first oMicfal state= Comm
on jn conthe Fukuryu Madent,
The siatement

there was only negiigi.

ger from esting contaminated fish and no danger
from
currents eng rediofrom the
ra preccutions
cen to adequately
ricted area which
emarged.
ile, the Foreign OFice

is expected to hand to the US,
Em YY wcay the results of

ations into the Fue

which

found

stea vt
ered by radioactive
report will not contain any opinions on Coinpensation or efforts to prevent further oceurences of such incidents, because
the Untied States has already
express-d willingness to pay
rrant
werrar
ed compensatiOn.

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