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A. R. Luedecke, General Maneger
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A. Tanmmaro, Assistant General Manager
for Research and Industrial Development
April 28, 1961
Cc. L. Dunhan, M.D., Director
Division of Bialogy and Medicine
SUMMARY OF THE REPORT ENTITLED "MEDICAL SURVEY OF RONGELAP
PEOPLE FIVE AND SIX YEARS ATER EXPOSURE TO FALLOUT"
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Attached is a summary of the report entitled “Medical Survey
of Rongelap People Five and Six Years after Exposure to
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Fallout” and a copy of the original report.
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It was suggested that the Commissioners and members of the
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Joint Committee might find this report and summary of interest.
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Accordingly, a memorandum to the Commissioners and a letter to
the Joint Committee are attached with copies of the report and
summary if it is determined that they should be forwarded.
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In brief, the Marshaliese are not showing clinical signs and
symptoms or abnormalities clearly attributable to their 1954
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They cont
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the contamination in their current food supplies; the Zn’
believed to come from the seafood caught locally.
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