408323 NITED: STATES. GOVERNME ¢ NT Nenorandun heRe Iuedecke General Manager ced. : - . Cy DATE: R : May 17, 1961 C. LiDunham, M.D., Direc Division of Blology and Medicine “1961. SURVEYOF THE MARSHALLESE Tt'is 8 pleasure to report that Dr. Robert A. Conard, Brookhaven National Leboratory, has completed the annual “i gurvey of the Rongelap people during March 1961 and found them ‘to beessentially the same as in the preceding aurvey. “PALL of the date collected have not yet been . analyzed, but itis reasonable to say they are not show- ing clinical evidence of chronic radiation effects other _than negligible residueal color changes of the skin. ‘The following two paragraphs are excerpted from Dr. Conari's trip. report dated April 18,"1961. be ae it ay "The medicaldata: have no been ‘analyzed yet put it can be’ stated:that there’“were noapparent ilinesses or disabilities related to “radiation effects and the general & state of nutrition was generally good and about the same a“as it had been noted in the past. years. There had been "no deaths during the past year in the exposed population. In the comparison [eontro, population an anencephalic “baby was born which caused quite an impression on the -, people, and one young boy had died of pneumonia. ‘The "people had the usual complaints about various effects of ; their radiation environment, but their cooperation was 2” ‘excellent. RA a) Dr. Macdonald and I attended a meeting with the " Rongelap people in the Council House and we told hin “.. about the intended examinations. The people voiced continued concern about the effects of fallout on their : Atoll end on‘ themselves. I did not feel that their poneern wes any greater this year than expressed -in similar meetings with the people during the past years. A ‘eat and felt weak. Dr. Macdonald told them that the Trust — _ Territorypolicy was, "=-No work, no eat--," 7 ae This matter was BEST COPY AVAILABLE