~23patients in fearful state and we should wait couple of days.
stated intention to return Hiroshima.
Morton
Tsuguki wishes him to stay in Tokyo.
Back to Embassy.
1 April (Thursday)
Embassy obviously disturbed as much as we are.
This afternoon told we
are go go to DIH with member of Foreign Ministry.
ushered into Director's office.
Omura, Miyoshi, Kumatori, etc.
patients still nervous.
On our arrival we were
Among those present were Kobayashi, Nagai,
Nagai taking copious notes.
Gist was
With this as a start the negotiations began.
We
finally gave in on laboratory work, but insisted on our ow complete
histories and physical examinations.
They tried to beat us down by asking
if we could use their histories or if we could ask questions along with
their doctors.
To this the answer was "No".
It was finally agreed to
let the patients decide whether they would like the American team to
examine them.
After a long wait, (we were three three hours), we were told
the patients were undecided and we would be notified tomorrow hight.
"The fact that tea was not served is a barometer of how antagonistic
the Japanese group is and how low the relations between them and us have
sunk,"
Five days later on 6 April, Dr. Morton and Dr. Lewis were asked to a
meeting at the Foreign Affairs Ministry.
At this conference six reasons
were given whey the patients were "psychologically disturbed."
1.
They had no warning of bomb or fall-out.
2.
Almost all had reletives who fought in South Pacific
area against the U.S.
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