difficult to recruit someone to do this. The doctor was asked if it would be good to have Medical Officers of the Trust Territory trained in certain techniques of examination and sent out on field trip vessels to give the same kind of attention as Dr. Knudsen. Dr. Conard replied in the affirmative. Dr. Conard was then informed that the Rongelapese still had reservations about eating the coconut crab. He reiterated that the quota was based on the assumption that no one would eat more than the equivalent of one per day per person and that tests had shown that it would be safe to eat them. He was further advised that the people are still afraid to eat the killer clams. He expressed amézement over this and indicated that he had never heard that they had been on the restricted list. He was asked if the people were dutifully taking their thyroid medicine and has response was that by and large they were, but some of the teenagers ra were not very consistent. To the question of why the team had studied the people of Likiep in 1969, Dr. Conard replied that it was for the purpose of gathering baseline information about the thyroid in the Marshalls. The doctor was also asked if he helieved the people of Rongelap and Utirik were normal today. He responded that there is very little difference between the people of the two islands today except for early acute effects, and a slight increase in miscarriages. their illnesses are the same. Other than the development of thyroid nodules, ‘Of course,’ he added, “we don't know what will happen in the future, and that is why we keep returning each year." Finally, he was asked if he heard the same kinds of questions from the people during each survey. He noted that he did, and that they must have U3]