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RETURN OF THE FIFTH MEDICAL MISSION Il! MARCH 1955 IMPORTAIT BIOLOGICAL
DATA AND EQUIPMeWwi WERE LOST WHEN A MATS C-97 TRANSPORT PLANE HAD TO
JELVISON ITs CARGO, THUS NECESSITATING A FUTURE RETURI! OF THE GROUP
TO ONGELAP TO COMPLETC A RESURVLY OF THE RONGELAP ISLAND NATIVES.
PERSONNEL 1N YHL GROUP ARE: DR ROBERT A CONARD, DR J § ROBERTSON AND NR
DU POTTER, ALL OF BROOKHAVEI NATIONAL LABORATORY. THE DATA WHICH WERE
LUST ARE OF SUFFICIENT IMPORTANCE TO WARRANT EVERY EFFORT TO RE-SECURE
WilLi THE RADIOACTIVITY OF RONGELAP AND NEARBY ISLANDS REMAINS ~
ESSENTIALLY THE SANE AS DURING THE PRECEDING SURVEY. ADDITIONALLY, THE
DATA I§ NEEDED TO cE INCLUDED Ii) AN UP-TO-DATE REPORT ON THE HEALTH OF
THL MARSHALLESE TO cE PRESENTED TO THE Ui! TRUSTEESHIP COUNCIL IN JUNE,
1955. Ii IS ANTICIPATED THAT THE WECESSARY EQUIPNEWT CAN BE OBTAINED BY
Tht SECOUD WEEK IL MAY AND THE GROUP DESIRES TO ARRIVE WITH NECESSARY
EQUAPIENT AT ENIVETOK LY 16-26 NAY. THE GROUP WOULD REQUIRE ONE WEEK TO
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