’ - - - I regret that I am unable to give you the results of analyses” e of urine from the 21 other patients, Knowing that these data would be highly important to your committee in its evaluations of the _. medical status of these patients, we have offered to undertake _’. radiochemical urine analysis of all 23 patients, we . é - - The urine from ¢. a only two patients has been delivered to.us in time to permit shipment to the States and analysis by this date. More recently, samples from five additional patients from the Tokyo University .. Hospital were delivered to us, but we have not as yet received samples from the 16 patients now hospitalized at the Daiichi . Hospital, ‘ . . . Respectfully yows, Merril Eisenbud Director, Health and Safety Laboratory - United States Atomic Energy" Commission , Denartment of Energy .