emcee, MRC Department of Clinical Research University College Hospital Medical School University Street, London WCIE 6JJ telephone 01 - 387 9300 ext 188 Medical Research Council 26th March 1973 reference Dear Senator Borja, . I am most grateful to you for sending me a copy of your to Congress, which I have read with great I noticed one apparent error in presentation. On page 102 it is noted that "One of the Committee's consultants estimated .,. " a 3% increase in radiation, and J take this to refer to my own report which suggests such a figure, If so, I ought to point out that the following sentence is not correct since I neither did state that "such a small amount was not likely to be harmful" nor would consider that there was evidence on which to make such an assertion, except in the strictly limited sense that harmful effects are not "likely" - i.e. would not occur frequermtly - as a result of low doses or small increments to a given dose. It is possible however that Tne gel ‘ Committee's Report interest. this second sentence was intended to refer to a different consultant since I see that on page 216 Professor Kumatori's report states that "However, the amount of fallout /due to the following test/ was not so much to injure This them". point clearly requires no formal correction since my statement is evident from my report,. but I wish just to have a note of it. thought you would With best wishes, Yours sincerely, é Ar P iw ° E. Senator Olympio T. Borja Congress of Micronesia Saipan & ee ° Eric Poehim, — weet mee. Mariana Islands 96950. JO1GbI8