APPENDIX f fhugust 7, 1956 Mr, Lewis L, Strauss Chairman U.S. itomic Energy Commissicn 1901 Constitution .vcnue, NW. wWeshingten, D. C. Dear Mr. Strauss: The minutes cf the last mectin> of the Advisory Committce for Biology and Mcdicinc held May 26 and 27, contain in detail thc subjects discussed ana decisions reached. There ere, however, several points which were particularly si;nificant and which wo feel should be repertce to the Commission. Dr, Warrcn in his capacity as United States Represcntative to the Unitcd Nations Scientific Committee on Radiation reported cn the activitics of the first meeting of the Committee held in April 1956. According to Dr. Warren, the most important result of this mecting was the establishment of preliminary arrangoments by which pertinent reports could be received and Cistributed tc the member countries of the United Nations, The next meeting is to be held in Cctober and at that time, Dr. Warren bclicves thought will be civen to the establishment of regional laboratories whcr measurements anc comparison of standards can be macc. The fidvisory Committee has devotec many hours of scrious ciscussion during the past ycar to Project Sunshinc. We regard this as one of the most important responsibilities of the Commission, Accordinsly, we were only too happy to revicw the subject cnce again at the instance of Commissionc. Murray. £t the mceting, and based on the discussions there, I offered an fully intended to collaborate with Mr. Fiscnbud in the preparation of a status report on Project Sunshine for submission to the Commission on behalf of the Comnittce. Due to my illness, however, wc have not been able to adhere to the schedule as set for ourselves. If all goes well, Mr. Eisenbud and I hope to have completed the report beforc the middic of September, The Committee was most interested in Dr, Dunham's recent report to Dr, Libby dated April 19, 1956, concerning the "Evaluation of Environmental Contamination of Rongelap Atoll." We understand that it is planned to enable the return of the Rongelap people to their atoll soon after Operation Redwing. This is subject, wc understand, to a resurvcy of the radiation levels on anc about the atoll. The Committee hopes that conditions will pcrmit an early accomplishment of this plan. The Committe