. sos xy -4e. ; We had not been aware that so much time was involved in gathering food for the families. We brought with us this time a gift of food of several hundred pounds, including rice and sugar, so in view of the shortage of food on the island, we turned over the food that had been brought for the feast to the people to use more conservatively. However, in the future, in view of this request, we shall attempt to serve prepared food to the members of the families on the day that they come in for examinations. 5. "We request of the A, E., C. that the B, N. L. team be either replaced by, or accompanied by observers from the United Nations or neutral nations of the world, because we do not believe the reports of the B. N. L. team, or the reports of the English and Japanese observers who are allies of the United States." If after reading the reports of the Congress of Micronesia and the medical observers the people of Rongelap wish to have another medical team we will cooperate fully and help the Trust Territory to bring this about. I do not believe that after reading the reports of the medical observers you will request any further medical observers to accompany the medical team. 6. “Why was Shiko's thyroid operated on, since she was not exposed? We have never heard of Marshalleas from other islands having any trouble with their thyroids,." All over the world a certain number of people have thyroid trouble which is not related to radiation exposure. This is true throughout the Marshall Islands, We visited Likiep Atoll several years ago for examination of thyroid troubles and we found that about 4 people out of every 100 had trouble with their thyroid glands. We find this is about the same number of people who have thyroid troubles in the unempeecd Bongelar people. Therefore, when we find someone in the control population that needs a thyroid operation, we recommend it to be done because we are treating the control people the same as the exposed people. The special thyroid radia- tion or "thyroid poison" was only present on Rongelap for a few weeks after the fallout. By the time the people moved back to the Island, there was none of the thyroid poison left on the Island so none of the unexposed could have received any radiation from this poison. We do not believe the unexposed Rongelap people will get any radiation sickness from Living on Rongelap since there is practically no radiation left on the island. 7. “We would like a doctor to come to Rongelap to Live, so that he may treat our illness from day to day. This would be better than just coming once a year." We will pass this request for a doctor to live on Rongelap to Dr. Taman, Head of the Health Services of the Trust Territory in Majuro. It would be impossible for us to furnish a doctor to Live on Rongelap since our doctor must take care of the Utirik people and also the Rongelap people, many of whom now live in Ebeye and Majuro.