PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMOVED e ° -2-. @ . : 7s with our medical \ team since we were doing what was good for you. Since misunderstandinss the of lor a that recognized Micronesia of Congress the were due to lack of communication between the medical team and the people, they have advocated several measures which they hope will improve this situation, We are cooperating with the Congress of Micronesia and the Trust Territory in doing this. examine you that we First let me say that at the time we try to let you know through a Marshallese practitioner or interpreter what the results of the examination are, and what treatment we recommend, if you are sick. As you know the Congress of Micronesia through their committee on Rongelap and Utirik has written a long report concerning the medical surveys. They have written a summary report of this which is being translated into Marshallese to be distributed to you. This summary will include a summary also of the medical observers reports. The Trust Territory is also preparing a booklet on the effects of fallout radiation on the Rongelap and Utirik people. This booklet answers to questions that you have asked about fallout. in preparation and will be distributed to you before is based on This booklet is long. It is also planned to have visits by the Trust Territory Health Service personnel to Rongelap and to Uririk to talk to the people about effects of radiation and answer questions. I would like to talk now a little bit about what happened to the Japanese people who were exposed to the bomb in 1945. There were thousands and thousands of people there who were exposed to more radiation than the Rongelap people received. Many of these people died because of the large amount of radiation that they received. Children of the exposed Japanese people have been examined by the best doctors in the world to see if there was any radiation sickness that was handed down from the parents to the children. These doctors could find no evidence that there was any radia- tion sicknese handed dow Fram rhe narents We have examined the children of the Rongelap people who were exposed and we have not seen any effects that have been handed down to vour children. 1 am glad to be able to reassure vou on this point. Some of the Japanese people have developed leukemia, a cancer of the blood. With the possible exception of we have not ceen any case of death from any effect that could be related to radiation exposure in the Rongelap or Utirik people. In 1954 the same accident that affected the Rongelap people also affected 23 Japanese fishermen who were 100 miles north of Rongelap. Some of these fishermen received larger doses than did the Rongelap people. One death occurred among the fishermen but the doctors do not believe that this death was related to radiation effects. The Japanese fishermen received about one half the compensation that the Roncelap people received. At this point I would like to say that 1 had a great deal to do with helping get compensation for the Rongelap people in 1964, and want vou to know that I am in favor of your receiving further compensation for your injuries. I would like now to say a few words about . the little bit of radiation that is left on Rongelap Island. Some of the people have been worried about radiation in the food. Some will not eat arrowroot flour because they believe that it contains "radiation poison.” JI would like to say