Nixihatlrae Konald & Boekel 401950 Litormey at!Law PUGH Welehire BoulevardSite HOG Bevernty Hills, Calilernia GILLS (213) 655-0242 +» 655-0243 October Energy, 19, 1977 Research & Development Administration c/o Department of Energy Washington, D.C. 20545 Re: Medical treatment Peopie of Utirik - victims of atomic radiation Dear Sirs; This office has just received a communication from our clients on Utirik Atoll indicating that they were not visited by the ERDA Quarterly Medical Survey Team during the June or September scheduled surveys. Neither the people of Utirik, nor this office were given any notice or reasons for cancellation of these visits. After the extreme hardships that these people have already incurred over the past 23 years, of omission is astonishing. this kind This office demands an ex- planation for the cancellation of the June and September surveys. The people of Utirik desperately need these medical surveys. During the March survey, played symptoms of thyroid tumors. MS four more residents dis- This office is quite