A vouTUn: Gra) Cr. PRIVACY ACT MATERIALREMOVED Cx August 12, 1959 uw. Takuyolts’ Crew to Be Kept Under Observation geo “t me :The nedj,call subcommittee (chairman ~ Superintendent TSUZUKI of the Japan “Rea Cross Central Hospital) of. the Investigation and Liaison Council on. Atomic Bomb Damages met at to Maritime Safety Agency yesterday afternoon to study the data obtained by a health examination conducted at the Agency's Hydrographic Division on the 62 crew members of the MSA observation ship, Takuyo, for possible radiation injury. The Takuyo had been doused with / radioactive fallout last summer and her chief engineer yecantly died of leukemia. 34, Following the meeting, the medical subcormittee announced that no symptom of radiation disease has so far been found in the crewls health conditions but ‘that, in consideration of various factors, it.is desirable that the crew members be placed under continued observation. The meeting was attended by Dr. TSUZUKI, chairman of the subcommittee, Superintendent KURIYAMA of the Tokyo. Daiichi -Hospital, Superintendent MIYOSHE of the Sanraku Hospital, Honorary Professor NAKATZUME and Professors MIYAKE and MIYAKAWA of the Tokyo University, Professor KAKEI of the Chiba Giversity, Director KOYAMA of the Tokyo Daiichi Hospital!s Internal Medicine Departmént and officials in charge from the Welfare Ministry and the Maritime Safety Agency, The subcommittee at the same time told the ‘ Maritime Safety Agency authorities that the Takuyo's crew may resume normal sea dutiLes. Pt PRIVACY ACT MATERIAL REMOVED pe ee gy