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Of the 35 people, seven had had operations on their thyroids
and six of these seven noted that they felt sick

after the operation.

Of the 35, 20 stated that they generally have poor health,
question of "When you get sick, what do you think

To the

about?" Some 31 neonle

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answered "the bomb'' and 28 people felt they should have received more
money for their sicknesses and the deaths of the people.
Again, 31 people responded with a "yes' when answering the question of
they worried about getting sick

from the bomb in the future and when

asked to classify in terms of frequency of their worry,

18 said "All

the time’, three said ''a lot'' and 12 said "“sometimes."'

Thirty-one said

that they knew other people that worried about the bomb and 30 said that

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they "felt about the same."
Furthermore, 26 people said that they worried that their children might
get sick from the bomb,

Of extreme interest to the Committee and,

to

Ur, Conard and the AEC, 34 people of the 35 said that they were still
afraid

to

eat

all

local

food

because

of

the

bomb,

When

asked

af

they

had had property or other things damaged by the fallout, the following
items by people, the number of which follows the items, were listed:
land 18,

crabs

8, pandanus

11,

breadfruit 1S, and trees 17,

arrowroot

13,

chickens

20, papaya

11,

Some 29 people said that they were still

afraid to live on their island;

24 people said this was because of the

contamination,

thirty people of the 35 stated that they thought they did not receive
enough compensation for copra and 28 people felt that they should

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