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fice 12 hours later,” determined byradiography that’ radio-},"> et ie
activity was present in the’ mouse skeleton, The activity of.,:
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detected by the scientists in the skeleton of ‘the mouse. WAB spore
widely publicized as evidence for their conclusion, that the =.°-: sn,
patients were carrying dangerous |internal.deposits: of’ realoactive
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AB “sndividuals,‘the scientists’ ‘Seemed.‘snxious“to”‘Cooper= 435
In my initial conversations with them they freely asked wo>,
for help and seemed“gratified at some of the™ things that we -°.. +.
could do for them, -My’ ‘participation’ on the American team was- coho,
limited.to the radiological aspects_ of the case and ‘only in- .*. - ot
cidentally to the patients. themselves,
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of Dr, Morton's participationrequired that he be given 4d? rect’ Yl. 8
access to the patientsand this the _Japanese’‘consistently’ re:
fused to grant. As. the days”‘vent, by_and ithe=Japanese. became’:
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When:+r arrived.tn “Tokyoon’}March:28 “pr?“Horton had. al-.. >a
ready offered to the “Japanese. the full. ‘Pacilities” ‘of ‘the Atomic.
Somb Casualty Commission. General Huil had likewise offered
tne facilities of the Far East Command,
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accorranied by a spirit” of‘ sympathy. and the desire’ to’ assist”.
the Japanese. investigators, in their efforts to evaluate the BoasA,
incident andto’ restore the“health of the fishermen, At'a meebe- ae,
tng with top Japanese. scientistsand” government. officials “on=*
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Commission, to “provide whatever facilities were “available fori cls -valuation of the radiological factors involvedin the’ incident:
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to be of assistance, that” our participation
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ties for setentifie studies, dnd that whatever data we obtained
“ould be turned over _to the Japanese investigators, to be used
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interest because wey indicate the extent of
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(1) Using a cutie Pie; ‘they measured the radioactivity of
the Fukuryu Maru,
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