‘ abe e SN 2; (3) They, determined’that’‘the “Shh‘recovered,“fron. the Yeas sel was radioactive _using:van end window GM tube and, ‘scalery. Their counting systemwas ‘notcalibrated and they. reported-? Qs counts per minute with no knowledge of. the factor Teguired to"we convert their, data, to standard ‘units,©em - . ORE - n. ene bp wet (ayTheyéompleted aa qualitative.' padiochemioal:-ariayaig,“fea - en of the ashand reported the following: Sr89, Y91, 27953 CL Nb95m, Nb95, Rul03, Rul06, Rh106, Sbl27, Tel32,; ‘T1343; 1132, “Bal¥0,:Lal30, Cel41, ceikh, (More "recently they have,“completed|a,Bemis: we Ny faire 3 ) quantitative’ analysis forafev.- Asokopes.); fee eta GM probe. oF (6), iney hadachinastetda« } a“aose’cofcats 1"nouse, &8 8 described earlier.*’ 5 poe Sik Sa this! 7 SuletT, ey . é Bs 8 le OhSe (7) Using’ an” ‘Ynerster’type.‘GM “tubes they“had.detbistran1b ted radioactivity. in the ‘urine, of 3 ‘fishermen:“As,before, their. -equipment™was not. ‘calibrated‘and | theabsolute:ackivaty could 1not be determined, AL: rt : ie poet ~ t “Wherthts e as. the ‘status’“or‘their’ teeaiarie at the:“Yime of ny arrival,~andfollowingSeveral hours during ‘whichI ac-*"3 ey ls quainted the Japanese, with our”“experience| ain this field, eS offered® -2 the following seryices..to”themys2% STfoe Po BED SSS % 5 % t Per Gen : “2< pic “= - (1) Corplete ‘radiochemical aeiseie or o 2y “hour:‘urine eol- VL. lections from all patients. . In view of the importance of this- . anélysis in evaluating the status of the patients, I urged that oot these samples be furnished “Immediately and assured them. that ines cis one week it would be ‘possible’ to give them a report for the con-*:2!'-- stituents of principal biological importance, ‘ IT explained,‘the gps the need for serial samples and suggestedthat collections” peri Bs made at weeklyintervals. Theyseemed_-anxtous to7 waecept this.|Tee a services: _ A SERS PTS “23 : a EEE AS ACTION: This offer wasnade. on March 24, . eS Oe On Habeh 26 we. 7 viezined urine from two patients, _On April 1 we obtained urine ~ roma, more, We have not obt ained urine from the remaining 16 ents cespt te our repeatedatterpts to do SO. ke - “yorfered. to scan the tichercen for radiation, using © Scintineters thet t had available. ACTION: - - ’ oe : I neve been un2blie to do this because they have rct rermitted the Americen team to have access to the catients, (3) In response to the Japenese recuest I offered to pro- vide a report on the biologically significant ractotsotopes present in the 26h, ve ets at ~ i hel tn fi. “herion: “Dr. ‘Wakaizuat-gave “rerrSpall Smount™OFwecksweep?+! ings from the_Fukiryu. Maru,-_This, 1Shave,sent to the, Health’“and*, Sefety Leboratory for futurestudy; The composition’ of the ash~SS was actually, known to_the:Commission from analyses performed by inf %. the Air Force on thematerial’ obtained from the Pukuryu Maru’ °°... prior to my visit, Authorization for transmission of this infors-i mation to the Jepanese vas corsunitcated to re in telegran No. 2199. a wal pate ee A utegles ee on