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to their home island and it will be necessary to eonduct their
wodical exasinations at Utirix. It 4s proposed te send a
medical team of fourteen (Schedule A, attached) to the islands
of Mafuro and Utirik. Two Marshallese interpreters amd one
Marshallese nurse will join the team at Nayuro.
A larze quantity of laboratory equipment and supplies, approxt-
rately three tons, must be moved fron Kajuro to Utirik to
aecarslish the 157 exeminations required at that island. A
fowl r surply is essentiel to oneratica of the laboratory equlrmonte A reliaule source cf water must be available. Messin;
ert berthing the medical team afloat would greatly sim lify
tue oration.
In addition to the medical examinations, it is deemed
eclentifically desireble to bring four Rongelepese amd one
Majuro resident to Chicago at the completion of the medical examinations to test them for low level internal radicactive de-
pocits by means of a total body radiation counter located at
the AEC's Argonne Rational Laboratory. Mr. Jack Tobin, an
exployee of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, Departmout of the Interlor, has agreet to acocmpany the Marshallese
eclected end informal approval has been given by the District
AAzinistrator of the Marshall Islands.
SAN BRTNOA FRO
Assistance from the U. &. Navy in the accomplishment of the
shove objectives wuld be of immeasurable valus to the meticel
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fecortingly, your epmreval of the follovir= is respect-
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