November 3, 1970 .
Mr. John A. Aldredge Ili, FIMC, USN
MISTRAULANT, FAAWIC
Dam Neck, Virginia 23461
Dear Mr. Aldredge:
I appreciate very much your sending me the information concerning
your cancer of the thyrotd., It would certainly be difficuit to
know if there was any definite correlation between the radiation
exposure that you incurred and the later development of the thyroid
abnormality. Offhand, I would not guess that you received very much
thyroid radiation from the exposure,
So far as I know, there are no checks being made on the many thousands
of mon who have been involved in tha atomic bend testing program,
It would be @ mammoth job to locate these men, much less determine
the posaible radiation exposure,
‘As you know, the exposure of the Rongelap people was quite heavy and
it does not seem likely that the sporadic exposure to considerably
emailer doses on ships could have resulted in any such thyroid
findings as found in the Marshallese.
Again, I appreciate your writing me and should you hear of any other
cases similar to youre, please let ma know.
With best wishes,
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