PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMOVED The Joint Committee has in its files a copy of an unclassified Department of State Intelligence Report No. » | This report shows a e r that 6941, dated May 19, 1955. the United States Government gave $2,000,000 to the Japanese Government, and, after some 15 consulting sessions among ” & EeSigsEeieeeee government agencies, the Japanese Cabinet distributed the money in various ways. Most of the money, about 88.6 percent of the total $2,000,000 went to fishing companies and dealers. A little more than ll percent went to the Japanese fishermen on the Lucky Dragon and this included certain medical payments. The actual amount of the money went directly to the fishermen was about 7.6 percent. that The payments to the 23 people, which were determined by the Japanese Government, and not the U.S. government, were as follows. Family of Mr. ween neeY 5,500.000 (U.S. $15,2780) Other 22 fishermen ~-~-~~~-------~~---~ Y 2,000.000 (U.S. $ 5,555] Thus it can be seen that the fishermen got the equivalent of $5,000 U.S. while the only exception to this was the *one fisherman who died. (Mr. ) whose family received $15,000 U.S. money went to fishing firms and others who had lost The rest of the fish and money because of the radioactivity from the bomb that fell into the ocean. The $2,000,000 per person figure might have been gotten from reading Sages Japanese newspaper which might have reported the amount to the fishermen fo as ¥ 1,800,000 which is close to two million Japanese Yen, however, this amount is equivalent to only $5,000 at the exchange rate of 360 yen to dollar prevailing only a few years ago. 5 GE<FigenBite|. MRRSir ale one U.S. —ain;4 ;os5 5 - a . PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMOVED