September 6, 1972
INFORMATION REPORT
REACTIVATION OF THE MEDICAL SURVEY TEAM FOR THE
FALLOUT FROM
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TEST ON MARCH 1, 1954
Note by the Secretary
The General Manager has requested the attached report
from the Director of Biomedical and Environmental Research
be circulated for the information of the Commission and has
provided the following digest:
It was previously reported to the Commission in
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SECY-2304, February 8, 1972 and SECY-2471, May 8, 1972,
that considerable antagonism generated by political
figures in the Marshall Islands against the AEC and
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U.S. resulted in major interference with the medical |
survey in March 1972, making it impossible to carry
out the regular annual examinations of the Marshallese.
However, an accommodation has now been reached with
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the Special Investigating Committee of the Micronesian —
Congress whereby the Medical Survey team led by
Dr. Robert Conard, Medical Department, Brookhaven
National Laboratory will be able to resume the
examinations of exposed and control Marshallese.
The
accommodation is based on the addition to the team of
three or four independent physician-observers who
will report to the Special Investigating Committee
their views of the quality and value of the medical
examinations carried out by the Medical Survey team
On its annual examinations.
A staff report is
attached.
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