In the preliminary report by the ABCC teamcertain deductions were
made concerning the ship.
These deductions have since been disproved,
The ship has been reported by the Japanese government to be seven
years old.
This finding along with other background data on both ship
and crew will be forthcoming from the United States Embassy in Tokyo.
As relations between the American team and the Japanese worsened,
a policy was set up whereby only by invitation would a ship or its cargo
be monitored.
On 9 April a request to monitor the Kkaifuku Maru No. 5
at Uraga was received.
This ship was monitored and that same evening a
marlin (sailfish) that was part of the catch was also investigated.
This fish was later dissected and shipped to the AEC New York laboratories
for analysis.
Fish from the Kaifuku Maru No. 5 which were supposedly
"hot" were ascertained to be at the National Institute of MNealth in
Tokyo.
No invitation was received to monitor these fish.
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