. ee =~ ee . meee ~ oe a . . Tee atte a ete ik ega vette Me oy |] co % aa SF as eee ee ta SOzrx October 2, 1964 MEMORANOOM FOR CHAIBILN SEABORC THROUGH CLEGRAL MARAGER wet SUBJECT: TEYROLD DISEASE IW ROMGELAP ISLANDERS During the February 1964 annucl medical surveyof the Merehstlese Rslaniere exposed te fallout from the Merch 2, 1954, shot ever Sikial, three young teansgers, 13-14 years oid, were fount te hive aotulea fis their thyroid glands. The medics} team felt thet tro of them should hive fernetists thyrelidectomies, and these eparstions were successfully cerried out a¢ the Beval Nospits] on Goce vith the full ecoperation of the Trust Territary people snd the mecica] services ef the Departmcat of Defensa, The pathclozgical disgncesa were pepllicry ecenccercincas, 6 mul ignest Gumor ef the thyroid. The prognosia, of course, is wacertata, but zhe surgeons ere reported fo have felt thst they may heve removed eli the avoplastic tissue. While thie informetion hes mot been transmitted formliy, it te regerded as relichbie. it is planned that « ten yaar summry of the bezlth stctus ef the exposed Morshzllese, incluciag these receat developeents, will ba prepsred for proupt pubiicstion fa @ prominent jourasl such as the theeof the Aner ican Metical Acsocisrion, Preparations ere nov going shead te breve the thies ehild with a emill nodule epersted oo cs soon es possible. The estimeted doses to thase thyrolds are some 190 to 173 rada external gams: plus 109 te 1590 rads from «dsorbed radiolediae, “2 JS DOE ARCHIVES 678 U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY Om Collection Box _ £SzkI §533 Folder SCMCRA! Manager'sReading Filk eee ee Se ~ -ys peep ee were . ~~ ~ . J