i. arrowroot plant blight, which is presently found throughout the Marshalls, ii. iii. increase in breadfruit tree parasite infestation, and body pain or any other symptom that could not be explained. The result has been that our efforts and services to the Marshallese have been misunderstood, our best explanations have not been believed, in large part due to education and language barriers only vaguely comprehended. After 24 years, the people still believe that their individual islands or atolls contain dangerous levels of radioactivity (which they for lack of an adequate word in Marshallese, refer to as "poison") contrary, and despite explanations to the they are still concerned about eating island produce. This situa- tion has been further complicated because the islanders are culturally hesitant to speak of unpleasant thoughts, they do not response to questions readily upon interrogation, and they do not often reveal their fears and inner thoughts at public meetings. Early Educational Efforts Recognizing the urgent need for an effort to mitigate the growing concern of the Marshallese over what has happened since 1954, the predecessor agencies of the Department of Energy tion (DOE), the Energy Research Development Administra- (ERDA), and Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), began developing methods of communicating the medical and environmental findings to the inhabitants of Rongelap and Utirik. The most direct method used was the village meetings held prior to and after a survey, when through an interpreter, its objectives and the preliminary results were presented. A "Question and Answer Booklet on Effects of Fallout on Rongelap and Utirik" (TTPI74) was developed by the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands and the Brookhaven National Laboratory's Medical Division and circulated in July 1974. This booklet presented answers