A meeting was held with the medical staff to discuss Dr, Conard!'s program. Also, requirements for the March 1, 1967 medical survey was discussed. This will be bigger than last year as the control group is examined in addition to the exposed people. It was determined that all support is arranged by the medical services group and they have ''dropped the ball" on the current and previous trips. Not much change is expected until the Acting Director is replaced by a Director. We discussed transportation problems with various people including Paul Windsor, Assistant Commissioner for Economic Development. We found that the request for an SA-16 Seaplane for the current trip to Rongelap had not been passed on and none was available on such short notice. The planes are assigned from Saipan, but the districts each control their own ships. We could do nothing about a ship until we got to Majuro. We contacted Robert J. Johnson who will take A. Dale's place as Kwajalein Trust Territory Representative effective October 4. Since he is our only "voice" contact we went through all the details of supporting our program, especially the handling of subsistance and transportation of patients. 9932050 He was very cooperative and assured us of his full