I ft L, Lp » . N Ae Ae ™ f SS ACEI BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES, INC. UPTON, LL. N.Y. REFER. 11973 TEL. AREA CODE S16 YAPHANK 4-6262 December 8, 1970 MEDICAL DEPARTMENT Dr. Tadashi Miyake, Director Kyoto National Hospital Fukakusa, Fushimi-ku, Kyoto Japan Dear Dr. Miyake: I have a copy of your letter of November 18, 1970 to Dr. Rall and a copy of his reply dated December 2, 1970, relating to the possibility of interesting a young Japanese physician in a position in the Marshall Islands. I would like to elaborate further on what Dr. Rall had to say. Our primary interest is in having a resident physician at Rongelap Island who would take part in our medical studies of the people of Rongelap and Utirik Atolls who were accidentally exposed to fallout radiation in 1954. We carry out annual medical surveys of these people with a group of about 12 physicians and technicians and the findings are documented in various medical journals and in complete form as a publication from our Laboratory. I am enclosing a copy of the latest complete report which summarizes findings over the past 16 years. We feel that the exposed Marshallese deserve more specific medical attention than it is possible for the Trust Territory medical personnel to render during the intervals between our annual examinations, We are particularly concerned about the development of fallout-induced thyroid abnormalities in these people and the difficulty in maintaining strict adherence to thyroid hormone medication. We are also greatly concerned about the interim documentation of medical findings, the need for better diagnoses and treatment of sickness and autopsies in the case of death. I believe a physician would find the fallout medical studies most challenging and stimulating in themselves. However, there is also ample opportunity for research in other directions. The various ethnic groups in Micronesia afford a wealth of opportunity for study of a ‘wariety of genetically inherited and metabolic diseases. A number of studies are going on and we are interested in participating and REPOSITORY LuoskfnuedMarL xB COLLECTION $s C.D. Cronkite ?files LA FOLDER ” Connen, A." BOX No. aaOa (At ‘ .