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MEDICAL DEPARTMENT
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April 1, 1966
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Honorable Wilfred Goding
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High Commissioner
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Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
Saipan, Mariana Islands
Dear Mr. Goding:
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The 12-year medical survey of the people of Rongelap and Utirik Islands
who were exposed to fallout has been completed. A further communication will
be issued in the near future covering details of the survey.
The purpose of
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this letter is to request your concurrence and help in regard to plans to
Carry out special medical examinations and possibly surgery in the United
otates in May of five Rongelap people with disease of the thyroid glands
believed to be due to radioactive fallout. There are now 18 cases of thyroid
abnormalities among the relatively small population of 69 people, an increase
of five since last September.
You will remember that six of these cases have
been operated upon, one of whom turned out to have a cancer of the thyroid.
In
view of the importance of these findings, early hospitalization is indicated in
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the case of these five additional people. The Trust Territory personnel
on the survey concurred regarding the necessity of these special examinations.
The following Rongelap people are involved:
Sex
Location
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Rongelap
Rongelap
Ebeye
Ebeye
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13
20
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Age
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Majuro
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Name
Billiet Edmond, a school teacher at Rongelap, who speaks excellent english,
has agreed to accompany the patients as interpreter.
He indicates that school
will not be in session during the time of the proposed trip.
The following plan is proposed:
(1) Before May 1l~-pick up the people
at Rongelap f¢
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when one of the three ships in the
Marshalls stops there, bringing them to Ebeye.
Also return
from Majuro
to Ebeye.
(2) May 2--6--the Trust Territory répresentatives at Kwajalein
indicate that their wives would be glad to help purchase a few necessary items
of clothine for the Marshallese group (to be paid for by the AEC). (3) May 6-MAC flight to Hickam.
(It is presumed that your office will issue the necessary
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