Item 2. All of my opinions have been stated above. Item 3. This is beyond the realm of my specialty. NOTE: The Medical Survey Team of Brookhaven National Laboratory - AEC is conducting the survey with a sincere attitude in a way considered appropriate from the medical point of view and is not only contributing much to the treatment and prevention of diseases among the exposed people, but also is providing service to the health preservation of the local people in general. I am deeply impressed by the great effort being devoted to this difficult work which is being carried out in the inconveniently Located areas. It shall make me very happy if what I have stated will serve as some reference in achieving even better a, of he aki, M.D. Professor Department of Surgery Hiroshima University School of Medicine 210