e too u. AOR ES REPORT OF THE MEETING BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION AND “ THE TRUST TERRITORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS REGARDING MEDICAL CARE OF THE RONGELAP AND UTIRIK PEOPLE KWAJALEIN, M. I., FEBRUARY 4-5, 1977 The United States Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA), formerly AEC, has for more than 20 years conducted a program of medical surveillance of the people of Rongelap and Utirik who were exposed to fallout from a weapons test in 1954. In the course of this activity, and with the knowledge and consent of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands the ERDA medical teams have (TTPI), provided limited medical care for the people at Rongelap and Utirik. The veople living on Utirik and Rongelap, have recently and separacely expressed a desire for changes in the type of medical care under the ERDA program. Specifically, they have addressed requests to ERDA for more comprehensive medical care for all the people living on these islands. It is recognized that general medical care of the people of the Marshall Islands is a responsibility of the Administration of the TTPI. It is in the interést of both the TTPI and the US (ERDA) to explore ways in which medical needs can best be met by cooperative efforts of both parties within the framework of their respective responsibilities. In response to a Trust Territory request, the ERDA representative reported that the US (ERDA ) is prepared to continue its assistance to the TTPI in the discharge of its health care responsibilities to the people living on Rongelap and Utirik.