e iii ¢ <p It did not seem prudent to further move the natives around by dividing trom up between the two ships, inasmuch as no great overcrowding was evident. The iunro had e medical officer on board and offered his services which fortunately were not necded. It was comforting to know he was availatle however, Should any of the pregnant women fall due and payable while on board, Reception and handling of the natives on board worked out fairly well and generally as was expected. Each one was monitored as they came on board and readings were around 7 mr/hr which was substantially lower than the average of 20 mr/hr readings on the beach. This indicated that wading ort to the rafts had helped quite a bit in reducing presence of fall-out ma-~ terial on fect and clothing. Some of the children were routed through tne showers aS soon as they came on board. But it was decided to feed all of them before starting decontamination of adults. Serving lines were set up on the fantail using regular steam table trays of food end giving the natives paper plates, cups, etc, They didn't eat very well, perhaps from the excitement or maybe they just don't like meat loaf, They did better on the bread, mashed potatocs and oranges. after lunch the Trust Territory official made some suggestions for changing and improving our facilities which included careful partitioning and segregation of tne women's side of the head and washrocms. he explained that under conditions of excitement and strange surroundings the women are extremely modest. Then commenced decontamination measures and considerable resistence was encountered. Eut by prodding end cajoling we managed to get all about 10% of them through the showers, These were the aged, infirm and sick. With no readings higher than 7 mr/hr it was decided not prudent to force the old people in tne showers. Next the problem of clothing arose, “eé had sufficient clean dungarees for them all and planned to run eli their clothes through the laundry and give them back to put on before leaving the Ship. But here again stiff resistence was encountered. We tried but they couldn't seem to understand taking their clotnes away and the women wanted no part of the dungarees. Clothes were monitored and since they averaged only about 3-4 mr/hr it was decided that the situation did not call for such drastic measures. sll of these matters were discussed with the Trust Territory official, and decisions were concurred in or made on his recommendations. Careful observation of the natives and questioning of the interpreter as to their mood, excitement and general morale convinced us thet forcing them to give up their clothes would really shake them up. By late afternoon they were settled down on their mats and generally quiet except for the kids, some of whom took several showers, They were bright-eyed anc cute as could be. Some few of the women, as is their wont, talked quietly but steadily all aftemoon from the time they came aboard. c haDe Mg/0¢ Couemeegenaa, 6 ((liigpammmana ENCLOSURE (1) Sl]