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BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY
ASSOCIATED
UNIVERSITIES, INC.
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UPTON, L.1I.. N.Y.
TEL.
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4-6262
May 25, 1961
Capt. Gordon Smith
USN Commanding Officer
Naval Support Activity
Pacific Missile Range Facility
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Navy 824, ¢/o FPO
San Prancisco, California
Dear Capt. Smith:
The purpose of my letter is twofold.
First, I would Like
to thank you for your help in carry
out our recent medical
survey at Rongelap. Your assistance
these surveys is
greatly appreciated by those of us carrying out the survey, as
weil as the Atomic Energy Commission,
was sorry I did not
have an opportunity to thank you personally while at Kwajalein
but you were indisposed while I was there. Hope that you have
recovered from your attack of bronchitis,
second reason for writing is in regard to our desire of
maint
as close contact as possible
with the Rongelap
people during the intervais between the annual surveys and the
Trust Territory field trips, in order that medical matters of
importance may be Closely followed.
You will remember that I
had discussed this with you previously.
It would be greatly
appreciated if you could arrange for a monthiy
plane trip to
ho1zsil
Rongelap, so that Dr. Bera Riklion (Trust Territory medical
practitioner at Bbeye) would have the opportunity
of checking
up on the situation at Rongelap at such times.
- S H.
Shippey at the Kwajalein Hospital has sugsestee that he would
be willing, when possible, to send ome
their doctors along,
if they could be spared from their duties at such time.
routine field trip by the Trust Territory ship
about every
3 months with Dr. Rikion thus no flight would be
necessary for the month of the field trip. You
have been most
obliging in arranging Navy flights to Rongelap to evacuate
medical emergency cases,
and I hope this request will not in -
pose too great an additional burden,
I feel sure that Mr.
William White would be willing to talk this over with you and
keep in contact with you about arrangements for the flight.
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