. e ' ye er - . ° , - - . - , il . ' . ns woe . «f= 7 am ae ete, oh ” Te J . . 1 F oo = 7 - ‘ ~ te ~ . -~ : Bp aw ' - bd s we ~ oa TAs aye tg! “ . ' - ae ~ on 4s len ta -",. _ a 48 Nee ae a: 1 \ cr ‘ io rae ? oy “alien oF “ roa eh 1 * - 4 v ao fae 1 Tt $* a - $ -, a slay te stata eo erate. F re . wee % aa” . : te a a ET RE Ty mS * - ¢ FS -- Yte tee, ee wre “7% ry ‘oo we Fh eG hegdet a ages - 3! “nt .5 : ve af os PF * +. nee ’ v2 s - *, see hata a) , La vs t Na nae - i vo wal "OA RSS As ; | rd we ae epee Te ¢ we . \ v_* . ane . . a. -~ fi > * . 7 = - - : " aaaee tae , Root : oA Oe.res (2) THO, blasts “in”‘geeession’ vere.heard ‘about. ToorBeeR minutes after’ the light had been'séen, - The crew is reported =peees to have become apprehensive and began atthat time to haul inj: weal their fishing lines, an operation which continued until 1030:;ee Ee hours, at. which time the’ vessel headed north toget out. of Phen38 ¢ area. , .. -- ¢ . ary —t riot . tan = 7, engeatn§ (3) At about 0700on “March i, ashes ‘Began to. fail, turnenvy ; ing the deck white, The position of the vessel atthis timezSEALERS is given at 11° 56-3/4' north and 166° 42-1/2! east. Thewashes?eet kept falling until noon at which time the Bes ee ofthe ves-'-' i sel was estimated at120 14 north and 166 531.easte:CEEAT: “AD ~ (4) At O440 hours on March 2, “the Yessel.‘chittea ite be course toxard its home(port of Yaizu, where it arrived ate £500 ( on March 14, me m FT fTESfo-, ue i, a . 2 (tee ce x 3, - oe e a, (5) In ‘the following’‘two. ‘or three days, all the. crewresits te ported slight headaches and ‘some of them were. nauseous, 7 to appear. . CoD SP Ae SZ ESA! WEA geeh BPE, Be Ties eal In Verge ks or 8 days, evidence; of burns on exposed partsof the bodybeganzintsJs Op Bee et COSY Wy See A eT Aa TE Sp . In response to certain’ questions which ‘the Anbassaddrsity Ja-—asked the Foreign Service,the following information’ was’ received.’ 7s a It sheds some light_on the”sequence ofevents during the 2 Gays:ftt on ~ following the return of the Fukuryu Maru to.Yaizu, _but before # mare! the mishap had come tothe attentionOf,_theEmbass YesPe Soa (1) The°crew rirst ‘contactedthet “Ship's”‘owner,’‘and the. wea Sirector of the Fisherman's Union,” On the day of their return- crew members wno were aete affected consulted. a physician of the Kyoritsu Hospital. Pete Pag a ee ae 22 , oe a. Lin ty (2) Two of the fishermen, Yamamoto and Masuda, who were“) 2 in more serious condition left the Kyoritsu on March 15 fore:day Alt ™okyo where they visited Doctor Shimizu. at the Tokyo,University; “ree: ~ Hospital,” . whee ovaighe : ; . se a ae @ ; a areas (3) Professor ‘Shiokawa made radiation Ineasurenents of’ See The ship on March 16 and on the basis of his findings all of"the? . crew members consulted a physician who recormended that the’ men oe 2 hospitalized, 4 . 2.LEEE"SEROLEOF TEE JAPANESE SCIENTISTS eR =~ During tne letter nalf of Merch the Jaranese press wes fed continually with Tne motivetions sensaticnal stetements from Jzpanese Scientists, _ of the Jaranese were never ouite understood by us but the following fectors mey te enuneréted es pertinent to cur lack of progress in dealing with then: him end his- associates: professional recognition due them for - PES their accomplishmentsin the dizgnosis_and treaztrent of the fishes=: ren. He referred frequently.to his. experience in “19%.when he+0 20S i - y . 3 oo. . ee 4OS -:o¢ “ae © St 6 >-. t. . looe. oe *. - - - , de :ol. vee? yom ~ . 2 . - . 2 . a. : - “aS , . ow, Z to . . -_ COL ~ : .s 2 id oe te. of "ay | Bow tty rote . nF 3 “en ya" a. wes . >. ~ > * wp . (1) In a long ‘private’ conversation that I had with Dr, Tsuzuki at his home on the evening of March 24, he’was frank ines stating his apprehension |thatthe Anerican scientists would _ceny®eaps