Hugh S. Pratt M.D. Ocotber 7, 19. Page five series of medical history questions should be designed, from scratch, utilizing the above consultants to obtain reliable data on nutrition, living habits, attitudes, compliance, sequence of symptoms, etc., al? in Marshallese, and fitted to the Marshallese culture. I beleive this can be done. The principal investigator should speak to the people in their own language, to demonstrate his concern for and respect for their problems. He should sit among them, and demonstrate his willingness to engage in an open discussion. The credibility of the program has been challenged repeatedly; primarily I feel, because of poor communications, including public relations with the press, public officials of the Trust Territory, ERDA, etc. Last fall, for the first time, most of the laboratories involved in the long term study of the accident met to discuss the coordination of their individual efforts. There has emerged from that meeting the realization that there is a tremendous amount of data, that could and should be placed in a central data bank for the use of all partners to reduce duplication, flag inconsistencies and/or new areas of investigation as the integrated study advances, and to keep all principal investigators up to date on the total effort. The administrative lines of command are poorly understood in the field. example, I frequently heard this question. ERDA?" For "Who's running this show - BNL or The ramifications of this confusion resulted in hard feelings and misunder- standing, and could, understandably, lead to misinterpretation if it reached the press. A solution for this type of confusion in the field would be to include field representatives in the planning sessions at BNL and ERDA. I feel there should be