BROOKHAVENNATIONAL LABORATORY ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES, INC. Upton, New York 11973 4O1S69 Medical Department (516) 345- 3577 November 1, 1977 Dr. Masao Kumangai Director of Health Services Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands Saipan, Mariana Islands 96950 Dear Masao, I was sorry I did not get to see you and Mr. Winkel in September. We are in the process of getting new personnel in our program. Dr. Hugh Pratt, an internist at Birmingham, AL,a retired naval Captain will be hired as of January 15, 1978. He will eventually be my relief when I retire in a little over a year. We think we will be hiring Dr. William Grant, formerly with your group at Ebeye. I got Ezra's o.k. before I approached him about the job of relieving Dr. Knudsen as our Resident Physician. In addition, we have hired a Physician's Assistant, recently graduated from University of N.Y. at Stony Brook, named Richard Coppola. He will be arriving with his wife at Kwajalein November 16 to join Knudsen. Knudsen will leave about January 1. Will you take care of any T.T. licensing necessary for Grant and Coppola? I would like for us to get together sometime to discuss awritten agreement regarding responsibilities (I.T. and our own)’ for the Ebeye Hospital situation and perhaps spell out to’ a greater extent our agreement of last February at Kwajalein. I will be in further touch with you about this. With regard to PL 5-52, I do not think the Congress of Micronesia is likely to do anything, particularly with the M.I. separationist movement. Perhaps DOE (formerly ERDA) should get together with DOI and T.T. about a new agreement with Ataji in on the act. I firmly believe that the new agreement should not involve any per diem (other than a small daily stipend) but have travel, housing, and subsistence furnished to the patient. The past system invites abuse because of the money-making aspects. gummy 2 1 121 8