UNITED STATES ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION AO e504 WASHINGTON 25, PB. Cc. May 4, 1961 MEMORANDUM FOR CHATRMAN seanoro COMMISSIONER GRAHAM COMMISSIONER HAWORTH COMMISSIONER OLSON COMMISSIONER WILSON THROUGH GENERAL MANA SUBJECT: \ fr SUMMARY AND REPOR' TITLED "MEDICAL SURVEY OF RONGELAP PEOPLE FIVE AND SIX YEARS AFTER EXPOSURE TO FALLOUT" Forwarded as a matter of interest are copies of a summary and report entitled "Medical Survey of Rongelap People Five and Six Years after Exposure to Fallout." The report was prepared at Dr. Robert Conard and associates. The summary was prepared by the Brookhaven National Laboratory based on data obtained by Dr. William E. Lotz of this Division. The factual make-up of this material is considered non-controversial. In brief, the Marshallese are not showing clinical signs and Symptons or abnormalities clearly attributable to their 1954 goo.Gey37ney continue to show, however, low body burdens of cst31 and zn , all of which we believe to origina} from the contamination in their current food supplies; the Zn is believed to come from the seafood caught Locally. OZeee CG. L. Dunham, M.D., Director Division of Biology and Medicine Enclosures: Report and Summary US DOE ARCHIVES aeee RG C ENER GY 325 U.S. ATOMI Collection bong £6. —| 80x ee | ‘hol orma-Divisinof biology Aw? Medicine___— | "