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view their level medical and laboratory techniques this will be far less
satisfactory than products Morton and staff could derive from direct access.
Even this will require contimed persuasion from us, both here and in
Washington.
It would be most useful, if Iguchi were called in, as suggested
Embassy's 2476, and given emphatic sense of concern expressed reference telegram.
We doubt, however, as situation now stands and after successive
representations to Foreign Minister and Prime Minister, that our further
preachments for cooperation will produce more than limited Bharing of Japanese
medical investiations.
If accurate knowledge true condition patients is
sufficiently important to ovr national health interests to make denial of
direct U. S. access matter of grave concern, we shall probably have to move
to some form or other of coercion and sanctions,
39.
April 15.
Allison to Bugher - Dr. Morton reports on basis his visit
to test area that medical and scientific information being developed within
area more complete than would now in any case be possible derive from 23
Fukuryu Maru patients.
In his view, importance of Toky6 patients to U. S.
national health interest now minimal.
If Department and AEC concur, it would seem neitherpossession of
vessel (Department's 2107) no direct access to patients is now of significant
concern to us.
to be:
(A)
Our interests in situation from this point on would then appear
To eliminate it as focus of international agitation; and (B) To
minimize its strain on U.S.-Japanese relations.
attention would be compensation question.
Immediate object for our