Lisee ee! a O o » BNE, BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL ATED UNIVER LABORATORY TIES, INC... LPTON, LiL, ALY. 11975 REDICAL DEPARTAEN ra Un 1974 . Stanley S. Carpenter Director Orifice of Territorial Affairs Department of Interior Washington, D. C. 20240 Dear Mr. Carpenter: . , Io have just returned Hom the Marshall tslands to find your letter of March 27th with "COMMENTS ON AMENDMENTS TO SUIGIARY OF i 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: < 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, aoe “3 Robert A. Conard, M.D. RAC rim cc: Dr. Dr. pr. Liverman Bond Cronkite BEST COPY AVAILABLE Enclosures » * a 0 0 § 5 0 ‘| f INFORMATION CPERATOR (516) 345-212