UNITED STATES ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION Ac sts| — WASHINGTON, D.c, 20545 June 22, 1965 Poo) GE RO: cs” FOR CHAIRMAN SEABORG “@@———<KKKK MEMORANDUM THROUGH] GENERAL wanesYl, SUBJECT: SUMMARY OF 1965 SURVEY OF THE RONGELAP PEOPLE BY DR, ROBERT CONARD, BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY, The attached summary, prepared by Dr. Conard, summarizes his findings on the exposed persons of the Marshall Islands during March 1965. Notable is the detection of thyroid abnormalities in three more persons. These three are scheduled to arrive at Brookhaven National Laboratory June 18 for study and appropriate therapy. A full report of the findings will appear later this year, Gc. L. Dunham, Director Division of Biology and Medicine Attachment: Preliminary Statement of Medical Findings in the 1965 Survey of the Rongelap People (11 Years after Exposure to Fallout Radiation), dated June 1, 1965 cc: RG Commissioner Bunting Commissioner Palfrey Commissioner Ramey “CGOmELssTorer Tape 326 U.SSAPOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION | Collection FC SEABORG Box ©F GiteTTwcinaewce of THYROID FolderCavicgn oR OTama DISEASES ISTHE Enmosas GROURS 1905: (OF = 2 ©. “= ea <> ae in 2 te st = an ~ on. = 2 44 = 2 2