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BNE, BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL
ATED UNIVER
LABORATORY
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INC... LPTON, LiL, ALY. 11975
REDICAL DEPARTAEN
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1974
. Stanley S. Carpenter
Director
Orifice of Territorial Affairs
Department of Interior
Washington, D. C. 20240
Dear Mr. Carpenter:
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,
Io have just returned Hom the Marshall
tslands to find your
letter of March 27th with "COMMENTS ON AMENDMENTS TO SUIGIARY OF
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PROPOSED DRAFY AGREEMENT"
by Senator Borja’s committee with your
request for my reaction.
TI shall relay your -Gbter and enclosures
to Dr. James Livemnan, Director, Bbivision of Bicmedical &: Bava roa
mental Research, AEC, Washington along with my opinions concerning
some aspects of the amendments.
IT enclosed 4 copy.
recent medical survey in the Marshall Islands wag successfully carried out.
Our new EOu with its whole body aadLacion
counter traLler and alr-condic:
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pe 2 great bonerit since we
Various islands visited,
We
Utirik and Rongelap and carrik
We found only threc new thyr
o SUTEGLY,
exposed Rongelap people and one in an
umexpencud Rongclap parson.
We plan on bringing them to Brookhaven che fSizst week in June for
examinations and then probably take them to Cleveland for surgery.
They will then return back to the isiands tha week after that.
I
am sure the AEC will be in touch with you about Senator Borja‘s
amendments and I will be glad to help in any way I can.
Sincercly,
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Robert A. Conard, M.D.
RAC rim
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Dr.
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Liverman
Bond
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BEST COPY AVAILABLE
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