Teceived payment. The following narrative summary of some of the events connected to the eventual payment are contained in a report of the AEC general manager, a Mr. DeRenzis. This report developed as a consequence of a letter from Representative Ataji Balos to Senator Henry N. Jackson - of the U.S. Congress. Senator Jackson asked the AEC to reply to certain charges made by Representative Balos and the result was a l2-page report, with lengthy agenda. The language and tone of this section of the report, gives some indication of the AEC's attitude toward the whole issue as of March 20, 1972. "Non-Medical Problems which Relate to the Medical Surveys" “Possibly the most troublesome problem originates from a legal complaint styled Abia et al v. United States, Trial Division, High Court Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. This was received by the High Commissioner in Guam with the request that he effect service upon the United States. In essence it sought a sum of $8,500,000 for property damage, radiation sickness, burns, physical and mental agony, loss of consortium, and medical expenses (past, present, future, and undetermined) by virtue of negligence on the part of the United States in the Bravo detonation. The process - was never served because a Court had held that the Trust Territory 7 (Kwajalein) constituted a foreign country and therefore jurisdiction was lacking (253 F. 2d 838 (C.A. 2 1958) and (357 U.S. 938). A plea did reach the Trusteeship Council of the United Nations on April 28, 1960. This led the Department of State to favor the -13~- a 2 = weeEES MALS PERETTIOETLEEF te rte ae gb a NE pe mgs Me ‘