Senator Olympio T. orja 3. May 18, 1973 With regard to the Committee's recommendation to the AEC concerning new facilities at Ebeye and Majuro for our examinations, it should be stated that at this time the new examination trailers that have been installed by the AEC in conjunction with the hospitals on these islands are deemed adequate for our examinations. I was most pleased with the excellent speech that you made, Senator Borja, to the people of Rongelap at the time of our 1973 examinations. [It was gratifying that you told the people in straightforward manner that according to the reports of the medical observers, the examinations that we were carrying out were good for the people, the treatment that we were giving them was good for them, and that they should cooperate in the future with the examinations, It is with this spirit of mutual understanding that I would like to see us carry on with the examinations, knowing that we have the trust and cooperation of the Marshallese people, as well as the Congress of Micronesia. I am confident that we can work together for the future health and welfare of the people. Sincerely, a = a “7 See hee -" . 4 f Gf -. rect Re ’~ me ee, Robert A. Conard, M.D. mbf£ cc; High Commissioner, Trust Territory Director of Health Services, Trust Territory Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C. Director, Div. Biomed, and Environmental Res., AEC Washington, D.C. Dr. V.P. Bond, Associate Director, BNL Dr. E.P. Cronkite, Chairman, Medical Dept., BNL oo OR ae em agree merenmrepe enw: 6 egw ns og SEPeR are © entreesote ge aA oe eT Deb ec ne