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October

Dr.

Robert A.

19,

1977

Conard

c/o Brookhaven National Laboratory
Upton, New York
11373

Re: Medical treatment
People of Utirik - victims of atomic radiation
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Dear

Dr.

Conard;

This office has just received a communication from
our clients on Utirik Atoll indicating that they were

not visited by the ERDA Quarterly Medical Survey Team
during the June or September scheduled surveys.

Neither the people of Utirik, nor this office were
given any notice or reasons for cancellation of these
visits. After the extreme
hardships that these people
have already

incurred over the past

of omission 1s astonishing.

planation

Surveys.

for the

23

years,

this

kind

This office demands an ex-

cancellation of the June and September

The people of Utirik desperately need these medical
surveys. During the March survey, four more residents displayed symptoms of thyroid tumors. This office is quite

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